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                                   1228
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public officers law, in relation to making certain
   documents available for open meetings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions (e) and (f) of section 103 of the public offi-
 cers  law,  subdivision  (e) as added by chapter 603 of the laws of 2011
 and subdivision (f) as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of  2016,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of
 this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,
 policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject  of
 discussion  by a public body during an open meeting shall be made avail-
 able, upon request therefor, [to the extent practicable as determined by
 the agency or the department,] AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS prior  to  [or
 at]  the  meeting  during which the records will be discussed. Copies of
 such records may be made available for a reasonable fee,  determined  in
 the  same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter. If
 the agency in which a public body functions maintains  a  regularly  and
 routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,
 such  records  shall be posted on the website [to the extent practicable
 as determined by the agency or the  department,]  AT  LEAST  TWENTY-FOUR
 HOURS prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to,
 expend  additional  moneys  to implement the provisions of this subdivi-
 sion.
   (f) Open meetings of [an agency or authority] A PUBLIC BODY shall  be,
 to  the  extent practicable and within available funds, broadcast to the
 public and maintained as records of the  [agency  or  authority]  PUBLIC
 BODY.  If  the [agency or authority] PUBLIC BODY maintains a website and
 utilizes a high speed internet connection, such open meeting  shall  be,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 to  the  extent  practicable  and within available funds, streamed on OR
 AVAILABLE THROUGH such website in real-time,  and  VIDEO  RECORDINGS  OF
 SUCH  OPEN  MEETING SHALL BE posted on such website within FIVE BUSINESS
 DAYS OF THE MEETING and for a reasonable time after the meeting AND SUCH
 RECORDINGS SHALL BE MAINTAINED FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
 [For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "agency" shall mean only
 a  state  department, board, bureau, division, council or office and any
 public corporation the majority of whose members are  appointed  by  the
 governor.  For  purposes of this subdivision, the term "authority" shall
 mean a public authority or public  benefit  corporation  created  by  or
 existing under any state law, at least one of whose members is appointed
 by  the governor (including any subsidiaries of such public authority or
 public benefit corporation), other than an interstate  or  international
 authority or public benefit corporation.]
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.