Publication of records relating to Senate legislative and administrative records

Section 1. a. Publication of records relating to Senate legislative\nand administrative records. Recognizing that legislative records\navailable by request under the "freedom of information law" are of\nimportant public interest, the Senate shall make available through a\nsearchable and sortable database on the Senate website: records of\ncommittees, agendas, votes, minutes, reports, attendance, fiscal notes,\nand records of the chamber including, active lists, votes, transcripts,\ncalendars, the Senate payroll report and expenditure reports.\n b. Furthermore all such records listed in subdivision a shall be\navailable for public inspection and copying in accordance with the\nprovisions of Article 6 of the Public Officers Law, "the freedom of\ninformation law."\n c. The Secretary of the Senate shall be the repository for all rules\nand regulations regarding public inspection and copying of Senate\nrecords. Such rules and regulations shall pertain to the times and\nplaces such records are available, the persons from whom such records\nmay be obtained, the fees for copies of such records and the procedures\nto be followed.\n d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the\nlegislative requirements set forth in subdivision 2 or 3 of section 88\nof the public officers law.\n