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Assembly Bill A5854

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding the definition of agency

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2017-A5854 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4775
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §86, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2399, S5263
2021-2022: A7545, S1667
2023-2024: A6617, S3406
2025-2026: A2624, S349

2017-A5854 - Summary

Relates to expanding the definition of agency; includes entities created by an agency or that are governed by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is designated by one or more state or local government officials in the definition of agency under the public officers law.

2017-A5854 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5854
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, ABINANTI, KEARNS, GOTTFRIED, GALEF,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, SIMON, SEPULVEDA, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of
   A.  COOK,  HYNDMAN,  JENNE,  MAGEE,  ORTIZ,  THIELE  --  read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  expanding  the
   definition of agency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law,  as
 added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Agency"  means  any state or municipal department, board, bureau,
 division, commission, committee, public authority,  public  corporation,
 council,  office  or other governmental entity performing a governmental
 or proprietary function for the state or any one or more  municipalities
 thereof,  AS  WELL AS ENTITIES CREATED BY AN AGENCY OR THAT ARE GOVERNED
 BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR SIMILAR BODY A MAJORITY OF  WHICH  IS  DESIG-
 NATED  BY  ONE  OR  MORE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, except the
 judiciary or the state legislature.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09073-01-7

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2017-A5854A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4775
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §86, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A2399, S5263
2021-2022: A7545, S1667
2023-2024: A6617, S3406
2025-2026: A2624, S349

2017-A5854A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding the definition of agency; includes entities created by an agency or that are governed by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is designated by one or more state or local government officials in the definition of agency under the public officers law.

2017-A5854A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5854--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, ABINANTI, KEARNS, GOTTFRIED, GALEF,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, SIMON, SEPULVEDA, COLTON, CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. COOK, HYNDMAN, JENNE, MAGEE, ORTIZ, THIELE -- read  once  and
   referred  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  expanding  the
   definition of agency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law,  as
 added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  "Agency"  means  any state or municipal department, board, bureau,
 division, commission, committee, public authority,  public  corporation,
 council,  office  or other governmental entity performing a governmental
 or proprietary function for the state or any one or more  municipalities
 thereof,  AS WELL AS ENTITIES CREATED BY AN AGENCY AND THAT ARE GOVERNED
 BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR SIMILAR BODY A MAJORITY OF  WHICH  IS  DESIG-
 NATED  BY  ONE  OR  MORE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, except the
 judiciary or the state legislature.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09073-02-7

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