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Assembly Bill A8367

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the public to participate in public meetings in person or remotely

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2021-A8367 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Pub Off L; amd §50, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A7914
2025-2026: A3805

2021-A8367 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the public to participate in public meetings in person or remotely through the use of a telephone conference, a video conference, and/or other similar technology.

2021-A8367 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8367
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALEF,  THIELE, FAHY, DURSO -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the public buildings law, in
   relation to authorizing the public to participate in  public  meetings
   in person or remotely

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions (b) and (d) of section 103 of the public offi-
 cers law, subdivision (b) as added by chapter 368 of the  laws  of  1977
 and  subdivision  (d)  as  added  by chapter 43 of the laws of 2010, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) Public bodies shall make  or  cause  to  be  made  all  reasonable
 efforts  to  ensure  that  meetings  are  held in facilities that permit
 barrier-free physical access to  [the  physically  handicapped]  PERSONS
 WITH  DISABILITIES,  as  defined in subdivision five of section fifty of
 the public buildings law.
   (d) 1. Any meeting of a public body that is open to the  public  shall
 be open to being photographed, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise recorded
 and/or  transmitted  by  audio  or  video means. As used herein the term
 "broadcast" shall also include the transmission of signals by cable.
   2. ANY MEETING OF A PUBLIC BODY SHALL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO  PARTICIPATE
 IN  THE  MEETING  IN  PERSON  OR REMOTELY THROUGH THE USE OF A TELEPHONE
 CONFERENCE, A VIDEO CONFERENCE AND/OR OTHER SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
   3. A public body may adopt rules, consistent with recommendations from
 the committee on open government, reasonably governing the  location  of
 equipment  and  personnel  used  to  photograph,  broadcast, webcast, or
 otherwise record a meeting so as to conduct its proceedings in an order-
 ly manner. Such rules shall be conspicuously posted during meetings  and
 written copies shall be provided upon request to those in attendance.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 50 of the public buildings law, as added
 by chapter 656 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11932-02-1

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