Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 28, 2020 |
committed to rules |
Mar 10, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 04, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 03, 2020 |
1st report cal.540 |
Feb 26, 2020 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S7842
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 22nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- 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
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2019-S7842 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §87, Pub Off L
2019-S7842 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7842 SPONSOR: FELDER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to allowing the public to photograph records accessed through a FOIL request PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To expressly allow a person who has been granted access to a public record via a FOIL request to photograph, record, or otherwise electron- ically transcribe an image of such record and prohibit additional charg- es for such imaging. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends Subdivision 5 of section 87 of the public officers law by adding a paragraph (c), allowing agencies to allow a person who has been granted access to a record, to photograph, videotape, or electron- ically transcribe an image of the record, without charging a fee for the
2019-S7842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7842 I N S E N A T E February 26, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- 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. § 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. LBD14774-01-0
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