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senate Bill S3952
Sponsored By
Hugh T. Farley
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
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- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Co-Sponsors
George Latimer
(D) 0 Senate District
Patty Ritchie
(R, C, IP) 48th Senate District
José M. Serrano
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
S3952 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3952 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3952 TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish the taxpayer access to publicly funded research act PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to ensure a public access policy is created for any original research that is the result of prescribed grants from state agency funding for the purpose of the specific research proposal. This law, known as the taxpayer access to publicly funded research act, shall in part require, at a minimum, that a final copy of the research be delivered to the agency which provided funding for it, and that it shall be submitted to a digital repository which must allow free public access. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill creates the "taxpayer access to publicly funded research act" in the unconsolidated law. JUSTIFICATION: Each year, New York State agencies distribute tens of millions of
S3952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3952 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 24, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to establish the taxpayer access to publicly funded research act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "taxpayer access to publicly funded research act". S 2. (a) As used in this act, the term: (i) "Agency" shall mean any executive branch agency, including, but not limited to any agency, commission or authority; (ii) "Direct research" shall mean research resulting directly from proscribed grants from state agency funding for the purpose of specific research undertakings; and (iii) "Policy" shall mean the public access policy established pursu- ant to subdivision (b) of this section. (b) Each agency that provides funding for direct research shall devel- op a public access policy that shall: (i) Include a requirement that electronic versions of the author's final manuscripts of original research papers that have been accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and result from research supported from funding by the state of New York, be submitted to such funding agency; (ii) Provide free online public access to such final peer-reviewed manuscripts or published versions as soon as practicable but not later than twelve months after publication in peer-reviewed journals; (iii) Produce an online bibliography of all research papers that are publicly accessible under the policy, with each entry linked to the corresponding free online full text; (iv) Provide for the long-term preservation of, and free access to, published research findings in a stable digital repository maintained by EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03876-01-5
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