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Senate Bill S7129

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs that municipalities allow the public to photograph, videotape or otherwise electronically transcribe records obtained from a FOIL request

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2015-S7129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง87, Pub Off L

2015-S7129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs that municipalities allow the public to photograph, videotape or otherwise electronically transcribe any record obtained from a FOIL request; prohibits municipalities from charging a fee for such electronic transcription by the public.

2015-S7129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7129

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 30, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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  allowing  the
  public to photograph records accessed through a FOIL request

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 87 of the public officers  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C)  EACH AGENCY SHALL ALLOW A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO A
RECORD TO PHOTOGRAPH, VIDEOTAPE OR OTHERWISE  ELECTRONICALLY  TRANSCRIBE
AN IMAGE OF SUCH RECORD, WITHOUT CHARGING A FEE FOR SUCH TRANSCRIPTION.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14783-01-6

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