Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 11, 2015 |
tabled vetoed memo.274 |
Nov 30, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2015 |
returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s1531 |
Jun 15, 2015 |
substituted by a114 |
May 27, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
May 20, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
May 19, 2015 |
1st report cal.743 |
Jan 13, 2015 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S1531
Vetoed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A114 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S1531 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S1531 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1531 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to limiting the amount of time to appeal certain judgments regarding freedom of information violations PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To expedite the appeals process when a trial court has found in favor of a FOIL request action, thereby insuring timely appellate review and conclusion to the issue. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Adds a new paragraph (d) to Subdivision 4 of Section 89 of the Public Officers Law, requiring an appeal to be filed within 30 days after a court judgment on a FOIL lawsuit, and abandons the request to appeal when an agency fails to serve and file a brief within two months after the date of the notice of appeal. Section 2: Authorizes an immediate effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S1531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1531 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to limiting the amount of time to appeal certain judgments regarding freedom of infor- mation violations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 89 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: (D) APPEAL TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPREME COURT MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, AND MUST BE FILED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SERVICE BY A PARTY UPON THE APPELLANT OF A COPY OF THE JUDGMENT OR ORDER APPEALED FROM AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF ITS ENTRY. AN APPEAL TAKEN FROM AN ORDER OF THE COURT REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF ANY OR ALL RECORDS SOUGHT SHALL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE, SHALL BE BROUGHT ON FOR ARGUMENT ON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE PRESIDING JUSTICE MAY DIRECT UPON APPLICA- TION OF ANY PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING, AND SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED WHEN AN AGENCY FAILS TO SERVE AND FILE A RECORD AND BRIEF WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE OF APPEAL. FAILURE BY AN AGENCY TO SERVE AND FILE A RECORD AND BRIEF WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME SHALL RESULT IN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00281-01-5
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