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Assembly Bill A5780

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes provisions for civil penalties for a state agency for the willful failure of its employee to make timely disclosure of a public record

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2009-A5780 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5076
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง89, Pub Off L

2009-A5780 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires timely disclosure of requested records and makes the willful failure to make timely disclosure of public records pursuant to the provisions of the freedom of information law subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars.

2009-A5780 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5780

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRODSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to willful  failure
  to make timely disclosure of a public record

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

  Section 1. Section 89 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
  10. ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF A STATE AGENCY CHARGED WITH THE DISCLO-
SURE  OF  ANY  RECORD  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
SHALL MAKE SUCH DISCLOSURE WITHIN THE  TIME  PERIODS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS
SECTION.  ANY  AGENCY WHICH EMPLOYS A PERSON WHO HAS WILLFULLY FAILED TO
MAKE TIMELY DISCLOSURE OF SUCH RECORD SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENAL-
TY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08594-01-9

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