Assembly Bill A1389

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Expands the definition of "public body"

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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-A1389 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2422
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §102, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3081
2011-2012: A74
2013-2014: A413
2017-2018: S5047
2019-2020: S4753
2021-2022: S4992
2023-2024: S7910

2015-A1389 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

2015-A1389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1389

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, GALEF, CAHILL, CAMARA, COOK, DINOWITZ,
  GUNTHER, HOOPER, KAVANAGH, LUPARDO, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Governmental 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.
                                                           LBD04857-01-5

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