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Assembly Bill A3944

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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2021-A3944 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4903
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10289, S6888
2017-2018: A1756, S5143
2019-2020: A416, S3371

2021-A3944 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A3944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3944
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, DINOWITZ, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A. 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.
                                                            LBD01874-01-1

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