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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Mar 01, 2023 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S5322
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 8th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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
2023-S5322 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §89, Pub Off L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S2916
2023-S5322 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that any entity subject to the provisions of article six of the public officers law which does not grant or deny a request for a record within twenty-five days of such request shall be deemed to have denied the request for such record; makes related provisions.
2023-S5322 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5322 SPONSOR: WEIK TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to clarifying the amount of time an agency has to respond to a request under the freedom of information law PURPOSE: To ensure timely responses to freedom of information law requests. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Section 89 of the Public Officers Law to require that freedom of information law requests shall be granted or denied in no longer than 25 days following the receipt of such request. Provides that in cases where a request that has not been granted or denied within 25 days, or that has been granted but the records are not provided with- in 40 days of such request, shall be deemed to have been denied by the entity subject to such request. Requires agencies to retrieve or extract
2023-S5322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5322 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 1, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 clarifying the amount of time an agency has to respond to a request under the freedom of information law THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 89 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 223 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (a) Each entity subject to the provisions of this article, within five business days of the receipt of a written request for a record reason- ably described, shall make such record available to the person request- ing it, deny such request in writing or furnish a written acknowledge- ment of the receipt of such request and a statement of the [approximate] date, which shall be [reasonable under the circumstances of the request] NO LONGER THAN TWENTY DAYS, when such request will be granted or denied, including, where appropriate, a statement that access to the record will be determined in accordance with subdivision five of this section. ANY ENTITY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH DOES NOT GRANT OR DENY A REQUEST FOR A RECORD WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE DENIED THE REQUEST FOR SUCH RECORD. ANY ENTITY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH GRANTS ANY REQUEST FOR A RECORD WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST, BUT FAILS TO PROVIDE SUCH RECORDS WITHIN FORTY DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST, SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE DENIED THE REQUEST FOR SUCH RECORD. An agency shall not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or that locating or review- ing the requested records or providing the requested copies is burden- some because the agency lacks sufficient staffing or on any other basis if the agency may engage an outside professional service to provide EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09264-01-3
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