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Apr 07, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A6996
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PAULIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Eric Stevenson
Harry B. Bronson
Naomi Rivera
multi-Sponsors
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Donna Lupardo
Peter Rivera
Robert Sweeney
2011-A6996 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A6996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6996 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, STEVENSON, BRONSON, N. RIVERA, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GABRYSZAK, LUPARDO, P. RIVERA, SWEENEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to attorney's fees where a person or entity fails to prove that an agency should properly withhold records THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 89 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows: (I) IN ANY PROCEEDING COMMENCED TO REVIEW AN ADVERSE DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IN WHICH THE PERSON OR ENTITY INITIATING SUCH PROCEEDING FAILS TO SUBSTANTIALLY PREVAIL BY PROVING THAT THE RECORDS AT ISSUE MAY PROPERLY BE WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC, THE COURT IN SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL DIRECT SUCH PERSON OR ENTITY TO REMIT TO THE AGENCY INVOLVED REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND OTHER LITIGATION COSTS REASONABLY INCURRED BY THE AGENCY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10097-01-1
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