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Village of West Hampton Dunes, NY
Suffolk County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of West Hampton Dunes 4-17-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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420a App A Freedon of Info Law Req
This chapter shall be entitled "A Local Law Adopting Regulations Regarding the Freedom of Information Law and Article 6 of the Public Officers Law."
Pursuant to § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law and the Village Law of the State of New York, the Incorporated Village of West Hampton Dunes, County of Suffolk, and State of New York, hereby enacts by this chapter a local law of the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to adopt uniform regulations and procedures in the Village of West Hampton Dunes for compliance with the Freedom of Information Law and Article 6 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York.
A. 
Records Officer. The Village Clerk of the Village of West Hampton Dunes shall be designated and serve as the Records Officer of the Village of West Hampton Dunes until and or unless the Mayor of the Village of West Hampton Dunes shall designate another individual to serve as Records Officer and such appointment be approved by the Board of Trustees.
B. 
Freedom of information request form. The form to be used for all requests made to the Village of West Hampton Dunes or any of its officers or boards under the Freedom of Information Law shall be that set form as Appendix A to this chapter until such time as another form or an amendment to that form shall be approved by the Board of Trustees.[1] All requests made to the Village of West Hampton Dunes under that law shall be made on the approved form only.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Registering of forms. The Records Officer is required to register the receipt of each request form by the dated stamp receipt of the Village of West Hampton Dunes and a separate sequential receipt number which shall be assigned to the request by the Records Officer which shall include the year of the request and the number which that request is for that year. The Records Officer shall be responsible to provide a copy of each request made to the Mayor and Village Attorney upon receipt.
D. 
Cost of copies. The cost of copies of documents shall be not less than $0.25 per page or the actual cost of copying the document or such higher amount as may be permitted by law and approved by a resolution of the Board of Trustees.
E. 
Compliance with Article 6 of the Public Officers Law. It shall be the responsibility of the Records Officer of the Village to comply with the requirements set forth in Article 6 of the Public Officers Law which are hereby adopted by reference by the Village of West Hampton Dunes and made part of this chapter.