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                                 7376--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALEF, GIGLIO, McLAUGHLIN, ARROYO, McDONALD,
  FAHY,  DINOWITZ,  PAULIN,  PALMESANO,  CERETTO,  SKOUFIS,   MONTESANO,
  DUPREY,  BUCHWALD, GOTTFRIED, MURRAY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BARCLAY, HAWLEY, HIKIND, KEARNS, LUPARDO, MAGEE, RAIA, SIMON,  SKARTA-
  DOS,  STEC, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local
  Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to authorizing
  the electronic transmission of proposed local laws  to  members  of  a
  local legislative body

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 20 of the municipal home rule law,
as amended by chapter 426 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  4.  A  proposed  local  law  may be introduced only by a member of the
legislative body at a meeting of  such  body  or  as  may  be  otherwise
prescribed by the rules of procedure adopted by the legislative body. No
such  local  law  shall  be passed until it shall have been in its final
form and either (a) upon the desks or tables of  the  members  at  least
seven calendar days, exclusive of Sunday, prior to its final passage, or
(b)  mailed  to each of them in postpaid properly addressed and securely
closed envelopes or wrappers in a post box or post office of the  United
States  post  office department within the local government at least ten
calendar days, exclusive of Sunday, prior to its final passage,  OR  (C)
E-MAILED  TO  THE E-MAIL IN-BOX OF EACH OF THEM IN THE PORTABLE DOCUMENT
FORMAT (PDF) AT LEAST TEN CALENDAR DAYS, EXCLUSIVE OF SUNDAY,  PRIOR  TO
ITS FINAL PASSAGE, PROVIDED THAT (I) THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS DOCUMENTED
THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS, (II) THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUBLISHED SUCH E-MAIL ADDRESS ON THE BULLETIN BOARD
OF  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLERK, AND (III) THE LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS UNAN-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06035-02-5
              

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IMOUSLY ADOPTED  A  RESOLUTION  AUTHORIZING  SUCH  ELECTRONIC  DELIVERY;
unless  the  elective or appointive chief executive officer, if there be
one, or otherwise the chairman of the board of supervisors, in the  case
of  a county, the mayor in the case of a city or village or the supervi-
sor in the case of a town shall have certified as to the  necessity  for
its  immediate  passage  and such local law be passed by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the total voting power of the legislative body.
  For purposes of this subdivision, a proposed local law shall be deemed
to be upon the desks or tables of the members if: it is set forth  in  a
legible  electronic  format by electronic means, and it is available for
review in such format at the desks of the members. For purposes of  this
subdivision  "electronic  means"  means  any  method  of transmission of
information between computers or other machines designed for the purpose
of sending and receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recip-
ient to reproduce the information transmitted in a  tangible  medium  of
expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to
be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.