Assembly Bill A10670

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A10670 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1820
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-w, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1629
2023-2024: A4407, S2864

2021-A10670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records except for where the requesting party is a victim to or was charged with the crime related to such documents.

2021-A10670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10670
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Wallace) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  authorizing  police
   agencies  to include administrative costs in fees for copies of police
   agency records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-w
 to read as follows:
   § 837-W. FEES FOR COPIES OF POLICE AGENCY RECORDS. 1.  FEES GENERALLY.
 EXCEPT  AS PROVIDED BY LAW THAT NO FEE SHALL BE  CHARGED,  LOCAL  POLICE
 AGENCIES MAY CHARGE A FEE FOR SEARCHING THE POLICE AGENCY RECORDS, COPY-
 ING THE RESULTING DOCUMENTS, AND PREPARING SUCH DOCUMENTS FOR MAILING AS
 PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO FEE SHALL BE
 CHARGED TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICER, BOARD, BODY,  AGENCY,  OR  DEPARTMENT  OR
 VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY, FOR SEARCHES OR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS TO BE USED
 FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE.  PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT NO FEE  SHALL  BE
 CHARGED  TO  A VICTIM OF A CRIME, TO AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGED WITH A CRIME,
 OR SUCH PERSON'S ATTORNEY WHERE THE SEARCHES OR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS  ARE
 RELATED TO THE CRIME SUCH PERSON IS A VICTIM TO OR CHARGED WITH.
   2.  FEES  FOR  SEARCHES  OF  POLICE  AGENCY RECORDS. (A) THE FEE FOR A
 SEARCH WHICH IS MADE MANUALLY BY THE POLICE AGENCY SHALL BE FIVE DOLLARS
 PER REQUEST.
   (B) THE FEE FOR A SEARCH WHICH IS CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF AN  ELECTRONIC
 MEDIUM SHALL BE THREE DOLLARS PER REQUEST.
   3.  FEES FOR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AND PREPARATION FOR MAILING. THE FEES
 FOR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS, OTHER  THAN  ACCIDENT  REPORTS,  SHALL  BE  ONE
 DOLLAR  PER PAGE. A PAGE SHALL CONSIST OF EITHER A SINGLE OR DOUBLE-SIDE
 OF ANY DOCUMENT. THE FEE FOR A COPY  OF  AN  ACCIDENT  REPORT  SHALL  BE
 FIFTEEN  DOLLARS. ALL COPIES OF DOCUMENTS SHALL BE CERTIFIED AT NO ADDI-
 TIONAL FEE. WHENEVER A  SEARCH  OF  RECORDS  OF  THE  POLICE  AGENCY  IS
 REQUIRED  IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COPY OF A DOCUMENT, THE FEE SHALL BE THE
 FEE FOR THE SEARCH AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION.  THE
 RESULT  OF  SUCH  SEARCH  WILL BE THE LOCATING OF THE DOCUMENT, OR IF NO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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