Bill Text: NY A01455 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes an advisory committee within the definition of a public body for purposes of the open meetings law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A01455 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 1853                                                  A. 1455
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
         gations and Government Operations
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
         to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition
         of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law
         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 of such public body.  A PUBLIC BODY
   10  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY ADVISORY COMMITTEE  TO  A  PUBLIC  BODY,  WHETHER
   11  CREATED  BY  SUCH  PUBLIC BODY OR CREATED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL, STATE, OR
   12  LOCAL LAW.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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