Senate Bill S7764

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires public disclosure of certain state agency materials, and authorizes the office for technology to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of public records on the internet by agencies

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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-S7764 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10335
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§86 & 87, add §87-a, Pub Off L; amd §103, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3845, A735
2013-2014: S1022, A955
2015-2016: S950
2017-2018: S3507
2019-2020: S2432
2021-2022: S1402
2023-2024: S802

2009-S7764 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public disclosure of certain state agency materials, and authorizes the office for technology to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of records on the Internet by state agencies.

2009-S7764 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7764 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7764

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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 public
  disclosure of certain state agency materials; and to amend  the  state
  technology  law,  in relation to authorizing the office for technology
  to publish a technical standards manual for the publishing of  records
  on the internet by state agencies

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

  Section 1.  This act shall be known as and may be cited as  the  "Open
New York Act".
  S  2.  Section 86 of the public officers law is amended by adding four
new subdivisions 6, 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
  6. "CONSENSUS" MEANS GENERAL AGREEMENT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY UNANIMITY,
AND INCLUDES A PROCESS FOR ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE  OBJECTIONS  BY  INTER-
ESTED PARTIES, AS LONG AS ALL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSIDERED.
  7.  "TECHNICAL  STANDARD"  MEANS  (A)  THE  COMMON AND REPEATED USE OF
RULES, CONDITIONS, GUIDELINES OR CHARACTERISTICS FOR PRODUCTS OR RELATED
PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS, AND RELATED MANAGEMENT  SYSTEMS  PRAC-
TICES  AND  (B)  THE  DEFINITION OF TERMS; CLASSIFICATION OF COMPONENTS,
DELINEATION OF  PROCEDURES;  SPECIFICATIONS  OF  DIMENSIONS,  MATERIALS,
PERFORMANCE,  DESIGNS OR OPERATIONS; MEASUREMENT OF QUALITY AND QUANTITY
IN DESCRIBING MATERIALS, PROCESSES, PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS, SERVICES OR PRAC-
TICES; TEST METHODS AND SAMPLING PROCEDURES; OR DESCRIPTIONS OF FIT  AND
MEASUREMENTS OF SIZE OR STRENGTH.
  8.  "VOLUNTARY  CONSENSUS  STANDARDS"  MEANS  STANDARDS  DEVELOPED  OR
ADOPTED BY VOLUNTARY  CONSENSUS  STANDARDS  BODIES,  BOTH  DOMESTIC  AND
INTERNATIONAL.  THESE STANDARDS INCLUDE PROVISIONS REQUIRING THAT OWNERS
OF RELEVANT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREE TO MAKE SUCH INTELLECTUAL  PROP-
ERTY  AVAILABLE  ON  A  NON-DISCRIMINATORY,  ROYALTY-FREE  OR REASONABLE
ROYALTY BASIS TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15645-04-0

              

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