Assembly Bill A6212

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the open data law requiring the office of information technology services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6212 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 6-B §§99-a - 99-i, Pub Off L; amd §103, St Tech L

2023-A6212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the open data law requiring the office of information technology services to establish an open data website and requiring covered state entities to publish certain data on such website.

2023-A6212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6212
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the state technology law, in
   relation to establishing the open data law
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  article
 6-B to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 6-B
                               OPEN DATA LAW
 SECTION 99-A. SHORT TITLE.
         99-B. DEFINITIONS.
         99-C. OPEN DATA WEBSITE.
         99-D. DATA WORKING GROUP.
         99-E. PUBLICATION OF DATA.
         99-F. PARTICIPATION BY OTHER STATE ENTITIES AND POLITICAL SUBDI-
                 VISIONS.
         99-G. GUIDELINES.
         99-H. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
         99-I. SEVERABILITY.
   §  99-A.  SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS
 THE "OPEN DATA LAW".
   § 99-B. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "COVERED  STATE  ENTITY"  SHALL  MEAN ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, BOARD,
 BUREAU, DIVISION, COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC CORPO-
 RATION, COUNCIL,  OFFICE  OR  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY  PERFORMING  A
 GOVERNMENTAL  OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION FOR THE STATE EXCEPT THE JUDICIARY
 OR THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   2. "DATA" SHALL MEAN FINAL VERSIONS OF STATISTICAL OR FACTUAL INFORMA-
 TION THAT:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09807-01-3
              

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