S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 19, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, BRENNAN, ENGLEBRIGHT, BUCHWALD, SCARBOR-
OUGH, GALEF, OTIS, CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED,
GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ROSA, SIMOTAS, SKOUFIS, STECK, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI,
MONTESANO, BORELLI, FITZPATRICK, LUPINACCI, McKEVITT, RA -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BRAUNSTEIN, CAMARA, COOK, DenDEKKER,
GLICK, JACOBS, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law and chapter 154 of the laws of
1921 relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, in
relation to making the port authority of New York and New Jersey
subject to certain freedom of information laws
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as
added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
3. "Agency" means any state or municipal department, board, bureau,
division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation,
council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental
or proprietary function for the state or any one or more municipalities
thereof, INCLUDING THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, except
the judiciary or the state legislature.
S 2. Section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the
port authority of New York and New Jersey, is amended by adding a new
article XV-B to read as follows:
ARTICLE XV-B
THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF NEW YORK PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW SECTIONS 84-90, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW, AND TO THE PROVISIONS OF NEW
JERSEY P.L. 1963, C.73 (C.47: 1A-1 ET SEQ.), COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OPEN
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.
S 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
legislation, then it shall take effect immediately; provided, however,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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