Assembly Bill A6291

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Removes the "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" exemption for certain real property records

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  • 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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2013-A6291 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2829
2011-2012: A4316

2013-A6291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" exemption for certain real property records.

2013-A6291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6291

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, THIELE, RAIA, GALEF, HOOPER, SCARBOR-
  OUGH, PERRY, SCHIMEL, JAFFEE, GUNTHER,  CASTRO,  ZEBROWSKI  --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, TITONE,
  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Governmental
  Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public officers law, in relation to removing the
  "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" exemption for certain  real
  property records

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subparagraphs ii, iii and iv of paragraph (c)  of  subdivi-
sion  2  of section 89 of the public officers law, as amended by section
11 of part U of chapter 61 of the laws of 2011, are amended to  read  as
follows:
  ii.  when  the person to whom a record pertains consents in writing to
disclosure; OR
  iii. when upon presenting reasonable proof of identity, a person seeks
access to records pertaining to him or her[; or
  iv. when a record or group of records relates to the right,  title  or
interest  in real property, or relates to the inventory, status or char-
acteristics of real property, in which  case  disclosure  and  providing
copies  of such record or group of records shall not be deemed an unwar-
ranted invasion of personal privacy, provided that nothing herein  shall
be  construed to authorize the disclosure of electronic contact informa-
tion, such as an e-mail address or a social network username,  that  has
been  collected  from  a  taxpayer under section one hundred four of the
real property tax law].
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09874-01-3

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