Bill Text: NY A08785 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the disclosure of records and meetings by the port authority of New York and New Jersey to the public; provides that the state law with the greatest rights of access shall be deemed to apply where laws conflict.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-18 - substituted by s6718c [A08785 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8785
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, BRENNAN, ENGLEBRIGHT, BUCHWALD, SCARBOR-
         OUGH,  GALEF,  OTIS,  CAHILL,  CLARK,  COLTON,  DINOWITZ,   GOTTFRIED,
         GUNTHER,  JAFFEE,  ROSA,  SIMOTAS,  SKOUFIS, STECK, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI,
         MONTESANO, BORELLI, FITZPATRICK, LUPINACCI,  McKEVITT,  RA  --  Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BRAUNSTEIN, CAMARA, COOK, DenDEKKER,
         GLICK, JACOBS, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG
         --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authori-
         ties and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921  relating  to  the  port
         authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the disclosure of
         records and meetings
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of  1921  relating  to
    2  the port authority of New York and New Jersey is amended by adding a new
    3  article XV-B to read as follows:
    4                                 ARTICLE XV-B.
    5    1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, THE RECORDS OF THE
    6  PORT AUTHORITY AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS ITS COMMITTEES  AND
    7  SUBCOMMITTEES  CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE COMMISSIONERS, SHALL BE OPEN TO
    8  THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, ARTICLES 6, 6-A  AND
    9  7  OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW, AND NEW JERSEY, NJSA 47:1A ET SEQ. AND
   10  NJSA 10:4-8 ET SEQ., PERTAINING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT  RECORDS
   11  AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO MEETINGS OF GOVERNMENT BODIES.
   12    2.  WHEN  THERE  IS INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
   13  YORK AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE LAW THAT PROVIDES  THE
   14  GREATEST RIGHTS OF ACCESS SHALL BE DEEMED TO APPLY.
   15    3.  ANY AGGRIEVED PERSON SHALL HAVE STANDING TO SEEK TO COMPEL COMPLI-
   16  ANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW IN EITHER THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK  PURSUANT  TO
   17  ARTICLE  78  OF  THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW AND RULES OR THE STATE OF NEW
   18  JERSEY PURSUANT TO NJSA 47:1-A ET SEQ. AND NJSA 10:4-8 ET SEQ.  WHEN THE
   19  LAWS OF EITHER STATE WOULD AUTHORIZE THE INITIATION OF SUCH  A  PROCEED-
   20  ING.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
    2  sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
    3  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
    4  impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
    5  its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
    6  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
    7  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
    8  the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
    9  invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   10    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
   11  state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
   12  act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
   13  legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. The chairman of the
   14  port authority shall notify the  legislative  bill  drafting  commission
   15  upon  the  enactment into law of such legislation by both such states in
   16  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective
   17  data  base  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in
   18  furtherance of effecting the provision of section 44 of the  legislative
   19  law and section 70-b of the public officers law.