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Senate Bill S9221

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Lowers quorum requirements for meetings of community boards held by videoconferencing in cities with a population of one million or more

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2021-S9221 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103-a, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S1647
2025-2026: S455

2021-S9221 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a quorum of one quarter of the members and the presiding officer of a community board physically be present at a location where the public can attend for such board to conduct videoconferencing in cities with a population of one million or more.

2021-S9221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9221
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 lowering  quorum
   requirements  for meetings of community boards held by videoconferenc-
   ing in cities with a population of one million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 103-a of
 the public officers law, as added by section 2 of part WW of chapter  56
 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   A public body may, in its discretion, use videoconferencing to conduct
 its  meetings pursuant to the requirements of this article provided that
 a minimum number of members are present to  fulfill  the  public  body's
 quorum  requirement in the same physical location or locations where the
 public can attend, EXCEPT THAT IN THE CASE OF A  COMMUNITY  BOARD  IN  A
 CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR MORE, ONE QUARTER OF THE
 MEMBERS AND THE RELEVANT PRESIDING OFFICER MUST BE PRESENT IN SUCH PHYS-
 ICAL LOCATION OR LOCATIONS, and the following criteria are met:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments to subdivision 2 of section 103-a of the public officers
 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15847-01-2

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