Bill Text: NY S07306 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the availability of agency records prior to or at an open meeting; removes the "to the extent practicable as determined by the agency or the department" limitation from the requirement that agencies and departments shall make records available.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S07306 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07306-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7306

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the availability
          of agency records prior to or at an open meeting

          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,] prior to or at the meeting  during  which
    10  the records will be discussed. Copies of such records may be made avail-
    11  able  for  a  reasonable  fee, determined in the same manner as provided
    12  therefor in article six of this chapter. If the agency in which a public
    13  body functions maintains a regularly and routinely updated  website  and
    14  utilizes  a high speed internet connection, such records shall be posted
    15  on the website [to the extent practicable as determined by the agency or
    16  the department,] prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall  not  be
    17  required  to,  expend  additional  moneys to implement the provisions of
    18  this subdivision.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11161-01-1