Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires entities that submit records to state agencies to reapply for FOIL exemption periodically in New York.

Highlights:

• Requires that individual businesses that contract business with government agencies and local governments periodically request FOIL exemptions to protect their “trade secrets” every 3 years (Sec. 1).

• Repeals the previous loophole in state law that authorizes agencies to keep dealings with corporations secret under the pretense that disclosure of any portion of any dealings would somehow hurt the company’s business interest (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 2).

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