Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 08, 2021 |
signed chap.588 |
Oct 27, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 08, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1070 substituted for s1182 |
May 04, 2021 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to senate passed assembly |
Apr 29, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.243 |
Apr 26, 2021 |
reported |
Jan 07, 2021 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A1237
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PAULIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2021-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A1237 (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.
2021-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1237 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05075-01-1
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