Assembly Actions -
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Mar 18, 2010 |
referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 15, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.261 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 12, 2010 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S7109
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S7109 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10314
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §84, add §90, Pub Off L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S393, A5867
2013-2014: S3438, A107
2015-2016: S2675, A5761
2017-2018: S4586, A4356, A9738
2019-2020: S1630, A121
2021-2022: S1821, A8357
2023-2024: S3371, A2787
2009-S7109 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7109 REVISED 03/15/10 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the state legislature PURPOSE : This bill requires each agency and house of the legislature to publish records pro actively on its internet website that are, or are likely to be the subject of frequent requests from the same or substantially the same records available under the freedom of information law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one amends the legislative declaration of section 84 of the freedom of information law to acknowledge the changes in technology since the law was first enacted in the 1970's to encourage agencies to publish records proactively. Section two renumbers section 90 of the public officers law as section 90-a and adds a new section 90 to the public officers law to require that records that are available under the freedom of information law and that are, or are likely to become the subject of frequent requests, be pro actively published on the website of the agency,
2009-S7109 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7109 I N S E N A T E March 12, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the state legislature THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 84 of the public officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: S 84. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby finds that a free society is maintained when government is responsive and responsible to the public, and when the public is aware of governmental actions. The more open a government is with its citizenry, the greater the under- standing and participation of the public in government. As state and local government services increase and public problems become more sophisticated and complex and therefore harder to solve, and with the resultant increase in revenues and expenditures, it is incum- bent upon the state and its localities to extend public accountability wherever and whenever feasible. The people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making and to review the documents and statistics leading to determinations is basic to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy or confidentiality. SINCE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW, ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY HAVE ENHANCED THE ABILITY TO GAIN ACCESS TO AND WIDELY DISSEMINATE PUBLIC INFORMATION. ACCORDINGLY, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT GOVERNMENT AGEN- CIES, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SHOULD PUBLISH RECORDS THAT ARE OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND AVAILABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE PROACTIVELY ON THE INTERNET. The legislature therefore declares that government is the public's business and that the public, individually and collectively and repres- ented by a free press, should have access to the records of government in accordance with the provisions of this article. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16296-02-0
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