Assembly Bill A6454

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process

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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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2017-A6454 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2397
Law Section:
State Administrative Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §102, add §202-f, St Ad Proc Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8431
2011-2012: A1648, S1967
2013-2014: A142, S589
2015-2016: A5829, S2384
2019-2020: A6859, S1265
2021-2022: A6267, S155

2017-A6454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process; provides that use of such techniques shall in no way otherwise diminish public participation in the rule making process; establishes a three year pilot project for seven major regulatory agencies to hold public hearings upon petition of 125 or more New York residents.

2017-A6454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6454
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KAVANAGH, AUBRY, CAHILL, COOK, GALEF, JAFFEE,
   LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, MAGEE, McDONOUGH,
   McKEVITT, ORTIZ, PERRY, THIELE  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
   public hearings on proposed rules; and providing  for  the  repeal  of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 102 of  the  state  administrative
 procedure act, as amended by section 155 of subpart B of part C of chap-
 ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "Agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, division,
 office,  council, committee or officer of the state, or a public benefit
 corporation or public  authority  at  least  one  of  whose  members  is
 appointed  by  the  governor, authorized by law to make rules or to make
 final decisions in adjudicatory proceedings but shall  not  include  the
 governor,  agencies  in  the legislative and judicial branches, agencies
 created by interstate compact or international agreement,  the  division
 of  military  and naval affairs to the extent it exercises its responsi-
 bility for military and naval affairs, the division of state police, the
 identification and intelligence unit of the division of criminal justice
 services, the state insurance fund, the  unemployment  insurance  appeal
 board, and except for purposes of subdivision one of section two hundred
 two-d  AND  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TWO-F  of  this chapter, the workers'
 compensation board and except for purposes of article two of this  chap-
 ter, the department of corrections and community supervision.
   § 2. The state administrative procedure act is amended by adding a new
 section 202-f to read as follows:
   §  202-F.  PUBLIC  HEARINGS. 1. WHENEVER A PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD ON A
 PROPOSED RULE PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER,  UNLESS  OTHERWISE  PROVIDED  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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