Senate Bill S3502A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires inter-agency records prepared by an outside consultant at the behest of an agency to be subject to FOIL disclosure

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2023-S3502 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8925

2023-S3502 - Summary

Requires inter-agency records prepared by an outside consultant at the behest of an agency to be subject to FOIL disclosure unless such records are otherwise exempted from disclosure.

2023-S3502 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3502 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3502
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  requiring
   inter-agency  records  prepared by an outside consultant at the behest
   of an agency to be subject to FOIL disclosure

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public
 officers law is amended by adding  a  new  subparagraph  v  to  read  as
 follows:
   V. RECORDS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AT THE BEHEST OF AN AGEN-
 CY;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06927-01-3

2023-S3502A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8925

2023-S3502A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires inter-agency records prepared by an outside consultant at the behest of an agency to be subject to FOIL disclosure unless such records are otherwise exempted from disclosure.

2023-S3502A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3502A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3502--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  officers  law, in relation to requiring
   inter-agency records prepared by an outside consultant at  the  behest
   of an agency to be subject to FOIL disclosure
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph iv  of  paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section  87  of  the public officers law, as added by chapter 510 of the
 laws of 1999, is amended and a new subparagraph v is added  to  read  as
 follows:
   iv.  external audits, including but not limited to audits performed by
 the comptroller and the federal government; [or]
   V. RECORDS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AT THE BEHEST OF AN AGEN-
 CY, UNLESS SUCH RECORDS ARE OTHERWISE EXEMPTED FROM DISCLOSURE  PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN PREPARED BY THE AGENCY ITSELF; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06927-02-3

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