Bill Text: NY A02788 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits public bodies from conducting an executive session where the subject to be considered relates to the appointment of an elected member or officer to fill a vacancy in an elected office of such public body, including interviews of prospective appointees and related discussions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A02788 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02788-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2788

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 27, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to prohibiting
          executive sessions for the appointment of elected office

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

     1    Section 1. Section 105 of the public officers law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.  Notwithstanding  any  contrary  provision of law, consideration of
     4  matters relating to the appointment of a member or officer of  a  public
     5  body  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  such public body caused by reason of the
     6  death, resignation, removal from office, or refusal  to  serve,  of  any
     7  elected  member  or officer of such public body, including interviews of
     8  applicants for appointment to fill such vacancy, and any discussions  or
     9  deliberations  regarding  any  such appointment, shall be conducted in a
    10  meeting open to the public and shall not be conducted  in  an  executive
    11  session.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05313-01-3