N.Y. New York State Printing and Public Documents Law § 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.