Assembly Bill A9940

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides a videoconferencing exemption from the open meetings law for certain community boards and other entities

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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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2021-A9940 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7809
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§103 & 104, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S584

2021-A9940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a videoconferencing exemption from the open meetings law for certain community boards, the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York and for certain community councils and any other public body of which the majority of the public body's membership are uncompensated, except for necessary expenses.

2021-A9940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9940
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to providing a
   videoconferencing exemption from the open  meetings  law  for  certain
   community boards and certain other public bodies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 103 of the public officers  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  289  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (c) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its  meetings
 shall  provide  an  opportunity  for  the  public  to attend, listen and
 observe at any site at which a member participates, PROVIDED THIS SUBDI-
 VISION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  COMMUNITY  BOARDS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED OF THE NEW YORK CITY CHARTER, THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  AND  THE
 COMMUNITY  COUNCILS  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
 NINETY-B OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY OTHER  PUBLIC  BODY  OF  WHICH  THE
 MAJORITY  OF  THE PUBLIC BODY'S MEMBERSHIP ARE UNCOMPENSATED, EXCEPT FOR
 NECESSARY EXPENSES.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 104 of the public officers law, as added
 by chapter 289 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   4. If videoconferencing is used  to  conduct  a  meeting,  the  public
 notice  for  the  meeting shall inform the public that videoconferencing
 will be used, identify the locations for the meeting, and state that the
 public has the right to attend the meeting  at  any  of  the  locations,
 PROVIDED  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT APPLY TO COMMUNITY BOARDS ESTAB-
 LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 CHARTER,  THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY
 OF NEW YORK AND THE COMMUNITY COUNCILS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  NINETY-B  OF THE EDUCATION LAW OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC
 BODY OF WHICH THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC BODY'S MEMBERSHIP ARE UNCOMPEN-
 SATED, EXCEPT FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES, EXCEPT THAT THE PUBLIC NOTICE  FOR
 THE  MEETING SHALL INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT VIDEOCONFERENCING WILL BE USED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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