N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 57.17: Definitions

§ 57.17. Definitions. Wherever used in this article, the following

terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth:

1. "Local government" means any county, city, town, village, school

district, board of cooperative educational services, district

corporation, public benefit corporation, public corporation, or other

government created under state law that is not a state department,

division, board, bureau, commission or other agency, heretofore or

hereafter established by law.

2. "Governing body" means the town board, village board of trustees,

city council, county legislature or board of supervisors, board of

education or board of trustees of a school district or board of

cooperative educational services, board of fire commissioners or other

body authorized by law to govern the affairs of a local government.

3. "Local officer" shall mean and include a local officer as defined

in section two of the public officers law and any officer of a public

benefit corporation.

4. "Record" means any book, paper, map, photograph, or other

information-recording device, regardless of physical form or

characteristic, that is made, produced, executed, or received by any

local government or officer thereof pursuant to law or in connection

with the transaction of public business. Record as used herein shall not

be deemed to include library materials, extra copies of documents

created only for convenience of reference, and stocks of publications.

5. "Retention period" means the minimum length of time that must

elapse before a record is eligible for disposition.

6. "Records retention and disposition schedule" means a list or other

instrument describing records and their retention periods which is

issued by the commissioner of education.

7. "Disposition" means the disposal of a record by destruction, sale,

gift, transfer to the local government archives, or by other authorized

means.