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                                 10983--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2020
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   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  making  certain
   documents available for open meetings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions (e) and (f) of section 103 of the public offi-
 cers law, subdivision (e) as added by chapter 603 of the  laws  of  2011
 and  subdivision  (f) as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 2016, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six  of
 this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,
 policy  or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of
 discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made  avail-
 able, upon request therefor, [to the extent practicable as determined by
 the  agency  or the department,] AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS prior to [or
 at] the meeting during which the records will be  discussed.  Copies  of
 such  records  may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in
 the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter.  If
 the  agency  in  which a public body functions maintains a regularly and
 routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,
 such records shall be posted on the website [to the  extent  practicable
 as  determined  by  the  agency or the department,] AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR
 HOURS prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to,
 expend additional moneys to implement the provisions  of  this  subdivi-
 sion.
   (f)  Open meetings of [an agency or authority] A PUBLIC BODY shall be,
 to the extent practicable and within available funds, broadcast  to  the
 public  and  maintained  as  records of the [agency or authority] PUBLIC
 BODY. If the [agency or authority] PUBLIC BODY maintains a  website  and
 utilizes  a  high speed internet connection, such open meeting shall be,
 to the extent practicable and within available  funds,  streamed  on  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17105-03-0

 A. 10983--A                         2
 
 AVAILABLE  THROUGH  such  website  in real-time, and VIDEO RECORDINGS OF
 SUCH OPEN MEETING SHALL BE posted on such website within  FIVE  BUSINESS
 DAYS OF THE MEETING and for a reasonable time after the meeting AND SUCH
 RECORDINGS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
 [For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "agency" shall mean only
 a  state  department, board, bureau, division, council or office and any
 public corporation the majority of whose members are  appointed  by  the
 governor.  For  purposes of this subdivision, the term "authority" shall
 mean a public authority or public  benefit  corporation  created  by  or
 existing under any state law, at least one of whose members is appointed
 by  the governor (including any subsidiaries of such public authority or
 public benefit corporation), other than an interstate  or  international
 authority or public benefit corporation.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.