Assembly Bill A1623

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated 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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2017-A1623 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-t, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A8618

2017-A1623 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records.

2017-A1623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1623
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  authorizing  police
   agencies  to include administrative costs in fees for copies of police
   agency records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-t
 to read as follows:
   § 837-T. FEES FOR COPIES OF POLICE  AGENCY  RECORDS.  1.  EXCEPT    AS
 PROVIDED  BY LAW THAT NO FEE SHALL BE CHARGED, LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES MAY
 CHARGE A FEE FOR  SEARCHING  THE  POLICE  AGENCY  RECORDS,  COPYING  THE
 RESULTING  DOCUMENTS,  AND  PREPARING  SUCH  DOCUMENTS  FOR  MAILING  AS
 PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NO  FEE  SHALL  BE
 CHARGED ANY PUBLIC OFFICER, BOARD, BODY, AGENCY, OR DEPARTMENT OR VOLUN-
 TEER  FIRE COMPANY, FOR SEARCHES OR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS TO BE USED FOR A
 PUBLIC PURPOSE.
   2. FEES FOR SEARCHES OF POLICE AGENCY  RECORDS.  (A)  THE  FEE  FOR  A
 SEARCH WHICH IS MADE MANUALLY BY THE POLICE AGENCY SHALL BE FIVE DOLLARS
 PER REQUEST.
   (B)  THE FEE FOR A SEARCH WHICH IS CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRONIC
 MEDIUM SHALL BE THREE DOLLARS PER REQUEST.
   3. FEES FOR COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AND PREPARATION FOR MAILING. THE  FEES
 FOR  COPIES  OF  DOCUMENTS,  OTHER  THAN  ACCIDENT REPORTS, SHALL BE ONE
 DOLLAR PER PAGE. A PAGE SHALL CONSIST OF EITHER A SINGLE OR  DOUBLE-SIDE
 OF  ANY  DOCUMENT.  THE  FEE  FOR  A COPY OF AN ACCIDENT REPORT SHALL BE
 FIFTEEN DOLLARS. ALL COPIES OF DOCUMENTS SHALL BE CERTIFIED AT NO  ADDI-
 TIONAL  FEE.  WHENEVER  A  SEARCH  OF  RECORDS  OF  THE POLICE AGENCY IS
 REQUIRED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COPY OF A DOCUMENT, THE FEE SHALL BE  THE
 FEE  FOR  THE SEARCH AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. THE
 RESULT OF SUCH SEARCH WILL BE THE LOCATING OF THE  DOCUMENT,  OR  IF  NO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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