Bill Text: NY A05871 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law; includes any advisory committee or similar body created by such public body or pursuant to federal, state or local law or any entity consisting of two or more members created by executive order of the governor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to governmental operations [A05871 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05871-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5871
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 2, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAVANAGH, LUPARDO, STEVENSON, THIELE -- Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A.  LATIMER -- read once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT  to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition
         of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as
    2  amended  by  chapter  704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as renum-
    3  bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    4    2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is  required  in
    5  order  to  conduct  public  business  and  which consists of two or more
    6  members, performing a governmental function for  the  state  or  for  an
    7  agency  or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in
    8  section sixty-six of the  general  construction  law,  or  committee  or
    9  subcommittee  or  other similar body of such public body.  A PUBLIC BODY
   10  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ANY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR  SIMILAR  BODY  CREATED  BY
   11  SUCH  PUBLIC BODY OR PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER, OR STATE OR LOCAL LAW,
   12  OR ANY ENTITY CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE  MEMBERS  CREATED  BY  EXECUTIVE
   13  ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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