Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 09, 2016 |
signed chap.319 |
Aug 30, 2016 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 08, 2016 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.87 substituted for a9998 |
Jun 08, 2016 |
substituted by s7157 rules report cal.87 |
Jun 07, 2016 |
reported |
Jun 01, 2016 |
reported referred to rules |
May 04, 2016 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A9998
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
QUART
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7157 - 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
co-Sponsors
Steven Otis
David Buchwald
2015-A9998 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7157
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §103, Pub Off L
2015-A9998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9998 I N A S S E M B L Y May 4, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring open meetings and the internet broadcast of open meetings of each state authority, where practicable THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 103 of the public officers law, as added by chapter 519 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (f) Open meetings of an agency OR AUTHORITY shall be, to the extent practicable and within available funds, broadcast to the public and maintained as records of the agency OR AUTHORITY. If the agency OR AUTHORITY maintains a website and utilizes a high speed internet connection, such open meeting shall be, to the extent practicable and within available funds, streamed on such website in real-time, and post- ed on such website within and for a reasonable time after the meeting. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "agency" shall mean only a state department, board, bureau, division, council or office and any public corporation the majority of whose members are appointed by the governor. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION CREATED BY OR EXISTING UNDER ANY STATE LAW, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOSE MEMBERS IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR (INCLUDING ANY SUBSIDIARIES OF SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION), OTHER THAN AN INTERSTATE OR INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01911-08-6
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