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Assembly Bill A1169

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows associations of retirees of public retirement systems to obtain the names and addresses of officers, employees or retirees of such system

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2009-A1169 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง89, Pub Off L

2009-A1169 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants associations of retirees of public retirement systems the right to obtain the names and addresses of the officers, employees or retirees of such retirement system; directs that such name or address shall not be released to any third party.

2009-A1169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1169

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEMINERIO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  rights  of
  associations  of  retirees  of  a  public  retirement system to obtain
  certain information concerning officers, employees or retirees

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 7 of section 89 of the public officers law, as
added by chapter 783 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Nothing in this article shall require the disclosure  of  the  home
address  of  an officer or employee, former officer or employee, or of a
retiree of a public employees' retirement system; nor shall anything  in
this  article  require  the  disclosure of the name or home address of a
beneficiary of a public employees' retirement system or of an  applicant
for  appointment to public employment; [provided] however, [that nothing
in this subdivision shall limit or abridge the  right  of]  an  employee
organization,  certified  or  recognized  for any collective negotiating
unit of an employer pursuant to article fourteen of  the  civil  service
law[,  to  obtain  the  name or home address of any officer, employee or
retiree of such employer, if such name  or  home  address  is  otherwise
available under this article] OR AN ASSOCIATION OF RETIREES OF A VALIDLY
RECOGNIZED  AND  OPERATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN  THE  NAME
OR  HOME ADDRESS OF ANY OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR RETIREE OF SUCH EMPLOYER OR
SUCH SYSTEM. IN NO EVENT, HOWEVER, SHALL SUCH  ORGANIZATION  OR  ASSOCI-
ATION  DISTRIBUTE  OR MAKE AVAILABLE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO ANY THIRD
PARTY OR PARTIES ANY NAME OR ADDRESS OF ANY OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR RETIREE
OBTAINED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01738-01-9

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