New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter LVII - Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
Part 4900 - Public Access To Records
Section 4900.1 - Authority for information access rules

Universal Citation: 21 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 4900.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

This set of rules and regulations governing public access to information is issued by authority of the 1974 Freedom of Information Law, chapter 578 of the Laws of 1974, as amended by chapter 933 of the Laws of 1977, constituting article 6 of the Public Officers Law, which provides, in pertinent part:

Sec. 87

(1)

(a) Within sixty days after the effective date of this article, the governing body of each public corporation shall promulgate uniform rules and regulations for all agencies in such public corporation pursuant to such general rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the committee on public access to records in conformity with the provisions of this article, pertaining to the administration of this article.

(b) Each agency shall promulgate rules and regulations, in conformity with this article and applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, and pursuant to such general rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the committee on public access to records in conformity with the provisions of this article, pertaining to the availability of records and procedures to be followed, including, but not limited to:
i. the times and places such records are available;

ii. the persons from whom such records may be obtained; and

iii. the fees for copies of records which shall not exceed twenty-five cents per photocopy not in excess of nine inches by fourteen inches, or the actual cost of reproducing any other record, except when a different fee is otherwise prescribed by law.

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