Bill Text: NY A09412 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - referred to governmental operations [A09412 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09412-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
April 29, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. KEARNS -- 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 ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR WORKING GROUP OR WHOLLY OWNED
10 SUBSIDIARY OR other similar body of such public 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.
LBD14745-01-4
