S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6665

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 25, 2010
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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  requiring  the
  posting  of  the  amounts  of  the fees imposed by state and municipal
  agencies

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

  Section  1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new article
5-A to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 5-A
                         POSTING OF FEES IMPOSED
                        BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
SECTION 81.   DEFINITIONS.
        81-A. INTERNET POSTING OF FEES.
        81-B. CONSPICUOUS POSTING OF FEES.
  S 81. DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  UNLESS  THE  CONTEXT
REQUIRES OTHERWISE:
  1.  "FEE"  MEANS  ANY  FEE,  CHARGE,  TAX,  FINE, PENALTY OR SURCHARGE
IMPOSED BY A STATE AGENCY OR MUNICIPAL AGENCY  PURSUANT  TO  STATE  LAW,
RULE OR REGULATION, OR PURSUANT TO ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION,
RULE OR REGULATION.
  2.  "MUNICIPAL  AGENCY" MEANS ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU, DIVISION,
COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY,  PUBLIC  CORPORATION,  COUNCIL,
OFFICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRI-
ETARY FUNCTION FOR A MUNICIPALITY, EXCEPT THE JUDICIARY.
  3.  "STATE  AGENCY"  MEANS  ANY  DEPARTMENT,  BOARD, BUREAU, DIVISION,
COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY,  PUBLIC  CORPORATION,  COUNCIL,
OFFICE OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRI-
ETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE, EXCEPT THE JUDICIARY.
  S  81-A. INTERNET POSTING OF FEES. 1. WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE SECRETARY  OF  STATE  SHALL  PROVIDE  AND
POST,  ON  THE  INTERNET  WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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LIST OF THE AMOUNT OR RANGE OF AMOUNTS OF EACH FEE IMPOSED OR  COLLECTED
BY EACH STATE AGENCY, AND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH FEE.
  2.  WITHIN  NINETY  DAYS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, EACH
STATE AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE AND POST, ON SUCH AGENCY'S INTERNET  WEBSITE,
A  LIST  OF  THE  AMOUNT  OR THE RANGE OF AMOUNTS OF EACH FEE IMPOSED OR
COLLECTED BY SUCH AGENCY, AND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH FEE.
  3. WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  EACH
MUNICIPALITY  SHALL  PROVIDE  AND  POST, ON SUCH MUNICIPALITY'S INTERNET
WEBSITE, A LIST OF THE AMOUNT OR RANGE OF AMOUNTS OF EACH FEE IMPOSED OR
COLLECTED BY ANY MUNICIPAL AGENCY OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY, AND THE  PURPOSE
OF SUCH FEE.
  S  81-B.  CONSPICUOUS  POSTING  OF  FEES.  1. WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, EVERY  STATE  AGENCY  WHICH  IMPOSES  OR
COLLECTS  FEES SHALL, AT EACH AND EVERY OFFICE OF SUCH AGENCY, CONSPICU-
OUSLY POST OR PROVIDE A WRITTEN LIST OF  THE  AMOUNT  OR  THE  RANGE  OF
AMOUNTS OF EACH FEE IMPOSED OR COLLECTED AT SUCH OFFICE, AND THE PURPOSE
OF SUCH FEE.
  2.  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, EVERY
MUNICIPAL AGENCY WHICH IMPOSES OR COLLECTS FEES SHALL, AT EACH AND EVERY
OFFICE OF SUCH AGENCY, CONSPICUOUSLY POST OR PROVIDE A WRITTEN  LIST  OF
THE  AMOUNT  OR THE RANGE OF AMOUNTS OF EACH FEE IMPOSED OR COLLECTED AT
SUCH OFFICE, AND THE PURPOSE OF SUCH FEE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.