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

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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]

Download: New_York-2013-A01455-Amended.html

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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                                            A. 1455--A
           Cal. No. 154
                              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  --  reported  favorably  from  said
         committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third
         reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
         order of third reading
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. 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  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 ADVISORY COMMITTEE or other similar body of such  public
   10  body.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01630-02-3