Bill Text: NY S04753 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04753 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04753-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4753 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition of a "public body" 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, and any entity 10 consisting of two or more members created by executive order of the 11 governor. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10608-01-9