Bill Text: NY A05790 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law; includes any advisory committee or similar body created by such public body or pursuant to federal, state or local law or any entity consisting of two or more members created by executive order of the governor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A05790 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05790-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5790
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 4, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  LUPARDO,  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 OR SIMILAR BODY CREATED BY
   11  SUCH PUBLIC BODY OR PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER, OR STATE OR LOCAL  LAW,
   12  OR  ANY  ENTITY  CONSISTING  OF TWO OR MORE MEMBERS CREATED BY EXECUTIVE
   13  ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR.
   14    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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