Assembly Bill A416

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to meetings and proceedings of the joint commission on public ethics

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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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2019-A416 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3371
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10289, S6888
2017-2018: A1756, S5143
2021-2022: A3944, S4903

2019-A416 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to meetings and proceedings of the joint commission on public ethics.

2019-A416 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    416
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, DINOWITZ, MOSLEY, STECK -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD,  COOK,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  meetings and
   proceedings of the joint commission on public ethics
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 19 of section 94 of the execu-
 tive  law,  as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws
 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) [Notwithstanding the provisions of article  seven  of  the  public
 officers  law,  no  meeting or proceeding, including any such proceeding
 contemplated under paragraph (h) or (i)  of  subdivision  nine  of  this
 section,]  MEETINGS  AND  PROCEEDINGS of the commission shall be open to
 the public[, except if expressly provided otherwise by the commission or
 as is required by article one-A of  the  legislative  law]  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS
 OF  ARTICLE  SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, COMMISSIONERS MAY PARTIC-
 IPATE IN A MEETING OR PROCEEDING OF THE  COMMISSION,  INCLUDING  VOTING,
 FROM  A  LOCATION NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS
 OF THE COMMISSION, SO LONG AS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS FROM WHICH THE  MEET-
 ING  OR  PROCEEDING  IS  BEING CONDUCTED COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW. SUCH PARTICIPATION SHALL COUNT
 TOWARDS QUORUM.  FURTHERMORE, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD  OF
 THE  FINAL  VOTE OF EACH MEMBER IN EVERY PROCEEDING OF THE COMMISSION IN
 WHICH THE MEMBER VOTES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03716-01-9
              

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