| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to cities |
| Jun 08, 2015 |
print number 5518a |
| Jun 08, 2015 |
amend and recommit to cities |
| May 14, 2015 |
referred to cities |
Senate Bill S5518A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2015-S5518 - Details
2015-S5518 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5518
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the New York city charter, in relation to public
libraries; and to amend the public officers law, in relation to the
definition of agency
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will bring the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public
Library within the jurisdiction of the New York City Conflicts of Inter-
est Law and make explicit that each of these entities are subject to the
state and city Freedom of Information Laws.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Sections one and two of the bill amends subdivisions 2 and 19, respec-
tively, of section 2601 of the New York City Charter, as added by a vote
of the people of the city of New York at the general election held in
November of 1988, by removing the exclusion of a public library from the
definition of agency and amending the definition of "public servant" to
include executive directors and key library executive personnel of the
Brooklyn Public Library and the New York Public Library.
Section three of the bill amends subdivision 3 of section 86 of the
2015-S5518 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5518
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to public
libraries; and to amend the public officers law, in relation to the
definition of agency
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2601 of the New York city charter,
as added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
2. "Agency" means a city, county, borough or other office, position,
administration, department, division, bureau, board, commission, author-
ity, corporation, advisory committee or other agency of government, the
expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury,
and shall include but not be limited to, the council, the offices of
each elected official, the board of education, community school boards,
community boards, the financial services corporation, the health and
hospitals corporation, the public development corporation, and the New
York city housing authority, but shall not include any court or any
corporation or institution maintaining or operating a [public library,]
museum, botanical garden, arboretum, tomb, memorial building, aquarium,
zoological garden or similar facility.
S 2. Subdivision 19 of section 2601 of the New York city charter, as
added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
19. "Public servant" means all officials, officers and employees of
the city, including members of community boards [and], members of advi-
sory committees, except unpaid members of advisory committees [shall not
be public servants], AND ALL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND KEY LIBRARY EXECU-
TIVE PERSONNEL FROM THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10991-02-5
2015-S5518A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S5518A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5518A Revised 06/09/15
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the New York city charter, in relation to public
libraries; and to amend the public officers law, in relation to the
definition of agency
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will bring the Brooklyn Public Library and the New York
Public Library within the jurisdiction of the New York City Conflicts
of Interest Law and make explicit that each of these entities are
subject to the state and city Freedom of Information Laws.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Sections one and two of the bill amends subdivisions 2 and 19,
respectively, of section 2601 of the New York City Charter, as added
by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November of 1988, by removing the exclusion of a
public library from the definition of agency and amending the
definition of "public servant" to include executive directors and key
library executive personnel of the Brooklyn Public Library and the New
York Public Library.
2015-S5518A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5518--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to public
libraries; and to amend the public officers law, in relation to the
definition of agency
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2601 of the New York city charter,
as added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
2. "Agency" means a city, county, borough or other office, position,
administration, department, division, bureau, board, commission, author-
ity, corporation, advisory committee or other agency of government, the
expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury,
and shall include but not be limited to, the council, the offices of
each elected official, the board of education, community school boards,
community boards, the financial services corporation, the health and
hospitals corporation, the public development corporation, and the New
York city housing authority, but shall not include any court or any
corporation or institution maintaining or operating a [public library,]
museum, botanical garden, arboretum, tomb, memorial building, aquarium,
zoological garden or similar facility.
S 2. Subdivision 19 of section 2601 of the New York city charter, as
added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general
election held in November of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
19. "Public servant" means all officials, officers and employees of
the city, including members of community boards [and], members of advi-
sory committees, AND ALL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND KEY LIBRARY EXECUTIVE
PERSONNEL FROM THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10991-03-5
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