STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1150--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 7, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, COONEY, GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
          gations  and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  making  certain
          documents available for open meetings

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 103 of the public officers  law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  603  of  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six  of
     5  this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,
     6  policy  or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of
     7  discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made  avail-
     8  able, upon request therefor, to the extent practicable [as determined by
     9  the  agency  or the department,] at least twenty-four hours prior to [or
    10  at] the meeting during which the records will be  discussed.  Copies  of
    11  such  records  may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in
    12  the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter.  If
    13  the  agency  in  which a public body functions maintains a regularly and
    14  routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,
    15  such records shall be posted on the website to  the  extent  practicable
    16  [as  determined  by  the agency or the department,] at least twenty-four
    17  hours prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to,
    18  expend additional moneys to implement the provisions  of  this  subdivi-
    19  sion.
    20    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.

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