§ 10 — Definitions

New York § 10

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PPD: New York State Printing and Public Documents
• Art. 3: State Publications Distribution

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§ 10. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. The term "state agency" shall mean any state office, department,\ndivision, board, bureau, commission or corporation, provided, however,\nit shall not include the New York state legislature or any of its\nstanding, special, select and joint committees, subcommittees and\nlegislative commissions.\n 2. The term "corporation" shall mean every public authority and public\nbenefit corporation a majority of the governing board members of which\nare either appointed by the governor or serve as members by virtue of\ntheir service as an officer of a state department, division, agency,\nboard or bureau, or combination thereof.\n 3. The term "public document" shall mean any final annual, biennial,\nregular, statutorily mandated or other report, study or multi-year plan\nissued by a state agency in multiple copies, which has been distributed\nto the public, except items issued strictly for administrative or\noperational purposes, inter-agency and intra-agency memoranda, drafts of\nreports, public service announcements, written opinions rendered in\ncases determined in the court of appeals, appellate divisions of the\nsupreme court or any other court of record and any public documents or\nportions thereof that are compiled for law enforcement purposes and\nwhich, if disclosed, would interfere with law enforcement investigations\nor judicial proceedings, deprive a person of the right to a fair trial\nor impartial adjudication, identify a confidential source or disclose\nconfidential information relating to a criminal investigation or reveal\ncriminal investigative techniques or procedures, other than routine\ntechniques and procedures. Under no circumstances shall a document that\nis required by law to remain confidential be deemed a public document.\n 4. The term "core documents" shall mean those public documents for\nwhich library users have the most significant and frequent need.\n