Assembly Bill A6959A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to giving public notice of meetings through electronic means

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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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2015-A6959 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7958
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §104, Pub Off L

2015-A6959 - Summary

Relates to giving public notice of meetings through electronic means; allows notice to be given by posting through electronic means or electronic transmission.

2015-A6959 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6959

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  giving  public
  notice of meetings through electronic means

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 104 of the public  officers
law,  as  amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as
renumbered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, are amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. Public notice of the time and place of a meeting scheduled at least
one  week  prior thereto shall be given OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED to
the news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or  more  desig-
nated  public  locations OR POSTED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS at least seventy-
two hours before such meeting.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "ELECTRON-
IC MEANS" AND "ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  RECORDING,
COPYING  AND  TRANSFER  OF DATA BY MEANS OF A COMPUTER DIRECTLY OVER THE
INTERNET INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  THE  PUBLIC  BODY'S  INTERNET
WEBSITE AND ELECTRONIC MAIL.
  2. Public notice of the time and place of every other meeting shall be
given  OR  ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED, to the extent practicable, to the
news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or  more  designated
public  locations  OR  POSTED  BY  ELECTRONIC MEANS at a reasonable time
prior thereto.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09983-01-5

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2015-A6959A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7958
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §104, Pub Off L

2015-A6959A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to giving public notice of meetings through electronic means; allows notice to be given by posting through electronic means or electronic transmission.

2015-A6959A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6959--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF, RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
  -- recommitted to the Committee on  Local  Governments  in  accordance
  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reference changed to the Committee on
  Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  giving  public
  notice of meetings through electronic means

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 104 of the public  officers
law,  as  amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as
renumbered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, are amended and  subdivi-
sion  5  is renumbered subdivision 6 and a new subdivision 5 is added to
read as follows:
  1. Public notice of the time and place of a meeting scheduled at least
one week prior thereto shall be given OR ELECTRONICALLY  TRANSMITTED  to
the  news  media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more desig-
nated public locations at least seventy-two hours before such meeting.
  2. Public notice of the time and place of every other meeting shall be
given OR ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED, to the extent practicable,  to  the
news  media  and shall be conspicuously posted in one or more designated
public locations at a reasonable time prior thereto.
  5. IF A MEETING WILL BE STREAMED LIVE OVER THE  INTERNET,  THE  PUBLIC
NOTICE  FOR  THE MEETING SHALL INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE INTERNET ADDRESS
OF THE WEBSITE STREAMING SUCH MEETING.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09983-02-6

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