2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PPD - New York State Printing and Public Documents
Article 3 - (10 - 14) STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION
10 - Definitions.

 
    § 10. Definitions. As used in this article:
    1.  The  term  "state agency" shall mean any state office, department,
  division, board, bureau, commission or corporation,  provided,  however,
  it  shall  not  include  the  New  York  state legislature or any of its
  standing,  special,  select  and  joint  committees,  subcommittees  and
  legislative commissions.
    2. The term "corporation" shall mean every public authority and public
  benefit  corporation  a majority of the governing board members of which
  are either appointed by the governor or serve as members  by  virtue  of
  their  service  as  an  officer of a state department, division, agency,
  board or bureau, or combination thereof.
    3. The term "public document" shall mean any final  annual,  biennial,
  regular,  statutorily mandated or other report, study or multi-year plan
  issued by a state agency in multiple copies, which has been  distributed
  to  the  public,  except  items  issued  strictly  for administrative or
  operational purposes, inter-agency and intra-agency memoranda, drafts of
  reports, public service  announcements,  written  opinions  rendered  in
  cases  determined  in  the  court of appeals, appellate divisions of the
  supreme court or any other court of record and any public  documents  or
  portions  thereof  that  are  compiled  for law enforcement purposes and
  which, if disclosed, would interfere with law enforcement investigations
  or judicial proceedings, deprive a person of the right to a  fair  trial
  or  impartial  adjudication,  identify a confidential source or disclose
  confidential information relating to a criminal investigation or  reveal
  criminal  investigative  techniques  or  procedures,  other than routine
  techniques and procedures. Under no circumstances shall a document  that
  is required by law to remain confidential be deemed a public document.
    4.  The  term  "core  documents" shall mean those public documents for
  which library users have the most significant and frequent need.