Bill Text: NY S08114 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to conducting business by electronic means during a state disaster emergency; requires public bodies to provide notice to the general public.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-23 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S08114 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08114-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8114 IN SENATE March 23, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- 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 conducting busi- ness by electronic means during a state disaster emergency; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 103 of the public officers law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, during 4 a state disaster emergency, as defined in section twenty of the execu- 5 tive law, a public body in the affected area may utilize electronic 6 means to conduct business pursuant to this section. In utilizing such 7 electronic means, the public body shall promptly provide notice to the 8 general public pursuant to section one hundred four of this article 9 detailing how failure to utilize electronic means would unduly threaten 10 the health or safety of members of the public body or the general 11 public, and provide a description of alternate means by which the public 12 can monitor, watch, listen to, participate in, and/or attend the meet- 13 ing. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 15 deemed repealed December 31, 2022. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15888-01-0