Bill Text: NY A06960 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Expands the public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A06960 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06960-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6960--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- 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 expanding the
          public's ability to observe public bodies' meetings

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision (c) of section 103 of the public officers law,
     2  as added by chapter 289 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (c)  A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its meetings
     5  shall provide an opportunity  for  the  public  to  attend,  listen  and
     6  observe at any public site at which a member participates.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03987-03-1