Senate Bill S1548

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of "public body"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A413
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §102, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3247, A3081
2011-2012: S1772, A74
2015-2016: A1389

2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1548

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- 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  the  definition
  of a "public body"

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as
amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such  section  as  renum-
bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  "Public  body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in
order to conduct public business and  which  consists  of  two  or  more
members,  performing  a  governmental  function  for the state or for an
agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined  in
section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction  law, or committee or
subcommittee or other similar body of such public body, AND  ANY  ENTITY
CONSISTING  OF  TWO  OR  MORE  MEMBERS CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE
GOVERNOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04230-01-3


              

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