Bill Text: NY A00924 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 924 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Amends the definition of "public body" to include any entity created or appointed to perform a necessary function in the decision-making process.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-12-21 - approval memo.66 [A00924 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00924-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         924--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ABINANTI, CARROLL, COOK, DINOWITZ,
          GOTTFRIED,  LUPARDO, RICHARDSON, L. ROSENTHAL, ZEBROWSKI, MONTESANO --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT,  NIOU,  SIMON,  THIELE  --
          read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public officers law, in relation to amending the
          definition of a "public body"

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as
     2  amended  by  chapter  704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as renum-
     3  bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is  required  in
     5  order  to  conduct  public  business  and  which consists of two or more
     6  members, performing a governmental function for  the  state  or  for  an
     7  agency  or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in
     8  section sixty-six of the  general  construction  law,  or  committee  or
     9  subcommittee  or other similar body consisting of members of such public
    10  body or an entity created or appointed to perform a  necessary  function
    11  in  the  decision-making process.  A necessary function in the decision-
    12  making process shall not include the  provision  of  recommendations  or
    13  guidance  which  is  purely  advisory and which does not require further
    14  action by the state or agency or department  thereof  or  public  corpo-
    15  ration as defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02035-02-1