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                              June 7, 2012
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Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Magnarelli,
  Malliotakis) -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Local
  Governments

AN  ACT to amend the municipal home rule law and the New York city char-
  ter, in relation to procedures for the passage of local laws

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 20 of the municipal home rule law,
as  amended  by  chapter  45  of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. A proposed local law may be introduced only  by  a  member  of  the
legislative  body  at  a  meeting  of  such  body or as may be otherwise
prescribed by the rules of procedure adopted by  the  legislative  body.
No  such local law shall be passed until it shall have been in its final
form and either (a) upon the desks or [table] TABLES of the  members  at
least  seven  calendar  days,  exclusive  of  Sunday, prior to its final
passage, or (b) mailed to each of them in  postpaid  properly  addressed
and  securely  closed envelopes or wrappers in a post box or post office
of the United States post office department within the local  government
at  least  ten  calendar  days,  exclusive of Sunday, prior to its final
passage, unless the elective or appointive chief executive  officer,  if
there  be one, or otherwise the chairman of the board of supervisors, in
the case of a county, the mayor in the case of a city or village or  the
supervisor in the case of a town shall have certified as to the necessi-
ty  for its immediate passage and such local law be passed by the affir-
mative vote of two-thirds of the total voting power of  the  legislative
body.
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW SHALL BE DEEMED
TO  BE  UPON THE DESKS OR TABLES OF THE MEMBERS IF: IT IS SET FORTH IN A
LEGIBLE ELECTRONIC FORMAT BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, AND IT IS  AVAILABLE  FOR
REVIEW  IN SUCH FORMAT AT THE DESKS OF THE MEMBERS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBDIVISION "ELECTRONIC MEANS"  MEANS  ANY  METHOD  OF  TRANSMISSION  OF
INFORMATION BETWEEN COMPUTERS OR OTHER MACHINES DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SENDING AND RECEIVING SUCH TRANSMISSIONS AND WHICH: ALLOWS THE RECIP-

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

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IENT  TO  REPRODUCE  THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED IN A TANGIBLE MEDIUM OF
EXPRESSION; AND DOES NOT PERMIT ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR OTHER CHANGES TO
BE MADE WITHOUT LEAVING AN ADEQUATE RECORD THEREOF.
  S  2. Section 36 of the New York city charter, as amended by a vote of
the people of the city of New York  at  the  general  election  held  in
November  1975  and as renumbered by a vote of the people of the city of
New York at the general election held in November 1989,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  S  36.    Local laws; passage.   No local law shall be passed until it
shall have been in its final form and upon  the  desks  of  the  council
members at least seven calendar days, exclusive of Sundays, prior to its
final passage, unless the mayor shall have certified as to the necessity
for  its  immediate passage and such local law be passed by the affirma-
tive vote of two-thirds of all the council members.
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A LOCAL LAW SHALL BE DEEMED TO  BE  UPON
THE  DESKS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF: IT IS SET FORTH IN A LEGIBLE ELEC-
TRONIC FORMAT BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, AND IT IS  AVAILABLE  FOR  REVIEW  IN
SUCH  FORMAT  AT  THE DESKS OF THE MEMBERS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION
"ELECTRONIC MEANS" MEANS  ANY  METHOD  OF  TRANSMISSION  OF  INFORMATION
BETWEEN  COMPUTERS OR OTHER MACHINES DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENDING
AND RECEIVING SUCH TRANSMISSIONS AND  WHICH:  ALLOWS  THE  RECIPIENT  TO
REPRODUCE   THE   INFORMATION   TRANSMITTED  IN  A  TANGIBLE  MEDIUM  OF
EXPRESSION; AND DOES NOT PERMIT ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR OTHER CHANGES TO
BE MADE WITHOUT LEAVING AN ADEQUATE RECORD THEREOF.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.