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- Referred to governmental operations
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.886
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Requires agency payroll records be made available
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4505
Title of bill
An act to amend public officers law, in relation to making agency payroll records available
Purpose
To ensure that the names, titles, salaries and public office addresses of public employees are clearly accessible to the public.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends subdivision three of section eighty-seven of the public officers law to clarify that notwithstanding any other provision in article six, each agency shall maintain and make available the records specified in subdivision three.
Section two provides that that this act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
Justification
Section 87(3)(b) of FOIL already directs agencies to maintain a "record setting forth the name, public office address, title and salary of every officer or employee of the agency." In fact, this requirement has been in place for more than thirty years. While agencies have routinely disclosed this information, explicitly stating that the records must be made available will eliminate any questions regarding disclosure and ensure that the records are clearly accessible to the public.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become law.
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