Bill Text: NY S06718 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-27 - APPROVAL MEMO.28 [S06718 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06718-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6718--A
           Cal. No. 333
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 3, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, GOLDEN, LANZA, HOYLMAN, PERKINS, SQUA-
         DRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
         ted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and  Commissions  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       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 AN INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF  NEW
   13  YORK  AND  THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE LAW OF THE STATE THAT
   14  PROVIDED THE GREATEST RIGHTS OF ACCESS ON THE DATE THAT THE  CHAPTER  OF
   15  THE LAWS OF 2014 THAT ADDED THIS ARTICLE BECAME A LAW SHALL APPLY.
   16    3. THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES OF
   17  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK OR NJSA 47:1-A ET SEQ. AND NJSA 10:4-8 ET SEQ. OF
   18  THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY,  AS  APPLICABLE,  SHALL  APPLY  TO  ENFORCE  THE
   19  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   20    S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
   21  sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
   22  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14027-03-4
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    1  impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
    2  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
    3  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
    4  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
    5  the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
    6  invalid provisions had not been included herein.
    7    S 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment  into  law  by  the
    8  state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
    9  act, but if the state of New Jersey  shall  have  already  enacted  such
   10  legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. The chairman of the
   11  port  authority  shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission
   12  upon the enactment into law of such legislation by both such  states  in
   13  order  that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective
   14  data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in
   15  furtherance  of effecting the provision of section 44 of the legislative
   16  law and section 70-b of the public officers law.