Senate Bill S5060

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to public non-disclosure agreements

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5060 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2852, Pub Auth L

2009-S5060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to public non-disclosure agreements; makes it unlawful for public authority to require a contract or agreement with an employee refusing to disclose any information received or learned in the course of employment except where it would be denied through published rules.

2009-S5060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5060

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to non-disclo-
  sure agreements for employees

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

  Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
section 2852 to read as follows:
  S 2852. NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES.  IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL
FOR ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF  THIS  CHAPTER  TO
ENTER INTO ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD, OFFI-
CER  OR  EMPLOYEE  EITHER  AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT OR OTHERWISE, TO
REFUSE TO DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION RECEIVED OR LEARNED BY SUCH MEMBER OF
THE BOARD, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IN THE COURSE OF HIS  OR  HER  EMPLOYMENT
EXCEPT  SUCH INFORMATION AS SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITY HAS DETERMINED THAT IT
WOULD DENY ACCESS TO IN ITS PUBLISHED RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SUBDIVI-
SION  TWO  OF SECTION EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW. NO PUBLIC
AUTHORITY SHALL MAKE ANY ATTEMPT PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, BY  JUDICIAL  ACTION
OR  OTHERWISE,  TO  ENFORCE  ANY SUCH CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WHETHER SUCH
CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WAS MADE BEFORE OR AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF
THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06731-02-9

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