Senate Bill S8706

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8706 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10768
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Business Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§708 & 602, BC L; amd §§603 & 605, N-PC L; amd §28, Rel Corp L; amd §6, Chap 122 of 2020
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1182, A1237

2019-S8706 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies; makes permanent provisions relating to providing for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings.

2019-S8706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8706
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the business corporation law, the not-for-profit  corpo-
   ration law, and the religious corporations law, in relation to provid-
   ing  for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relat-
   ing to board meetings; and to amend chapter 122 of the laws  of  2020,
   amending  the business corporation law, the not-for-profit corporation
   law, and the religious corporations law relating to providing for  the
   remote  conduct  of certain practices and procedures relating to board
   meetings, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b) of section 708 of the business corporation
 law, as amended by chapter 122 of the laws of 2020, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b) Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or
 the  by-laws,  any action required or permitted to be taken by the board
 or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if  all  members
 of  the  board  or the committee consent in writing to the adoption of a
 resolution authorizing  the  action.  The  resolution  and  the  written
 consents thereto by the members of the board or committee shall be filed
 with  the minutes of the proceedings of the board or committee. [For the
 duration of the state disaster emergency declared by executive order two
 hundred two that began on March seventh, two thousand  twenty,  notwith-
 standing]  NOTWITHSTANDING  any  provision  of  law to the contrary, the
 written consent of a member  may  be  made  electronically,  where  such
 consent  is  submitted via electronic mail, TEXT, OR OTHER SECURED PLAT-
 FORM FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, along with information from which it
 can be reasonably determined that the  transmission  was  authorized  by
 such member.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of section 602 of the business corporation law, as
 amended by chapter 122 of the laws  of  2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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