NY A02121 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Provides that the court in such a proceeding shall assess, against such agency involved, reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred by such person in any case under the provisions of this article when such person has substantially prevailed and the court finds that the agency had no reasonable basis for denying access to freedom of information requests.

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Title

Provides that the court in such a proceeding shall assess, against such agency involved, reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred by such person in any case under the provisions of this article when such person has substantially prevailed and the court finds that the agency had no reasonable basis for denying access to freedom of information requests.

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History

DateChamberAction
2014-01-08Assemblyreferred to governmental operations
2013-01-09Assemblyreferred to governmental operations

Same As/Similar To

S00108 (Same As) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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