Bill Text: NY S06718 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-27 - APPROVAL MEMO.28 [S06718 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S06718-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6718
I N S E N A T E
March 3, 2014
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Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, GOLDEN, LANZA, HOYLMAN -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities 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.
21 S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
22 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of
23 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
24 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
25 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
2 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
3 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such
4 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
5 S 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
6 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
7 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
8 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. The chairman of the
9 port authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
10 upon the enactment into law of such legislation by both such states in
11 order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective
12 data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in
13 furtherance of effecting the provision of section 44 of the legislative
14 law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
