S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5783
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 15, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, BLAKE, BUCHWALD, GALEF, ABINANTI,
CARROLL, COOK, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, RICHARDSON, ROSENTHAL,
SKOUFIS, ZEBROWSKI, LUPINACCI, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, NIOU, SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to amending 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 CONSISTING OF MEMBERS of such public
body OR AN ENTITY CREATED OR APPOINTED TO PERFORM A NECESSARY FUNCTION
IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08466-01-7