Senate Bill S8716

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the conducting of meetings by public bodies through the use of videoconferencing or other electronic means

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2021-S8716 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§102, 103, 104 & 106, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3486

2021-S8716 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the conducting of meetings by public bodies through the use of videoconferencing or other electronic means and sets rules and procedures related thereto.

2021-S8716 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8716 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8716
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 5, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  providing  for
   the  conducting of meetings by public bodies through the use of video-
   conferencing or other electronic means

   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 public officers law, as
 amended  by chapter 289 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi-
 vision 4 is added to read as follows:
   1. "Meeting" means the official convening of a  public  body  for  the
 purpose of conducting public business, including the use of videoconfer-
 encing OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS for attendance and participation by the
 members of the public body.
   4.  "LOCAL  PUBLIC  BODY"  SHALL MEAN ANY ENTITY FOR WHICH A QUORUM IS
 REQUIRED IN ORDER TO CONDUCT PUBLIC BUSINESS AND WHICH CONSISTS  OF  TWO
 OR MORE MEMBERS, PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION FOR AN ENTITY LIMIT-
 ED  IN THE  EXECUTION  OF  ITS  OFFICIAL  FUNCTIONS  TO  A PORTION  ONLY
 OF THE STATE, OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, OR FOR AN  AGENCY
 OR DEPARTMENT THEREOF.
   § 2. Section 103 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 368
 of  the  laws  of  1977  and as renumbered by chapter 652 of the laws of
 1983, subdivision (c) as added by chapter  289  of  the  laws  of  2000,
 subdivision  (d) as added by chapter 40 of the laws of 2010, subdivision
 (d) as added by chapter 43 of the  laws  of  2010,  subdivision  (e)  as
 amended  by  chapter 481 of the laws of 2021, subdivision (f) as amended
 by chapter 319 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 103. Open meetings and executive sessions. (a) Every  meeting  of  a
 public  body  shall be open to the general public, except that an execu-
 tive session of such body may be called and business transacted  thereat
 in accordance with section ninety-five of this [article] CHAPTER.
   (b)  Public  bodies  shall  make  or  cause  to be made all reasonable
 efforts to ensure that meetings WHICH ARE NOT CONDUCTED THROUGH THE  USE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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