Assembly Bill A6267

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S155 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-A6267 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S155
Law Section:
State Administrative Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §102, add §202-f, St Ad Proc Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8431
2011-2012: A1648, S1967
2013-2014: A142, S589
2015-2016: A5829, S2384
2017-2018: A6454, A9737, S2397
2019-2020: A6859, S1265

2021-A6267 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of innovative techniques to enhance public participation in the rule making process; provides that use of such techniques shall in no way otherwise diminish public participation in the rule making process; establishes a three year pilot project for seven major regulatory agencies to hold public hearings upon petition of 125 or more New York residents.

2021-A6267 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6267
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAMDANI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in  relation  to
   public  hearings  on  proposed  rules; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   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 state administrative
 procedure act, as amended by section 155 of subpart B of part C of chap-
 ter 62 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. "Agency" means any department, board, bureau, commission, division,
 office, council, committee or officer of the state, or a public  benefit
 corporation  or  public  authority  at  least  one  of  whose members is
 appointed by the governor, authorized by law to make rules  or  to  make
 final  decisions  in  adjudicatory proceedings but shall not include the
 governor, agencies in the legislative and  judicial  branches,  agencies
 created  by  interstate compact or international agreement, the division
 of military and naval affairs to the extent it exercises  its  responsi-
 bility for military and naval affairs, the division of state police, the
 identification and intelligence unit of the division of criminal justice
 services,  the  state  insurance fund, the unemployment insurance appeal
 board, and except for purposes of subdivision one of section two hundred
 two-d AND SECTION TWO  HUNDRED  TWO-F  of  this  chapter,  the  workers'
 compensation  board and except for purposes of article two of this chap-
 ter, the department of corrections and community supervision.
   § 2. The state administrative procedure act is amended by adding a new
 section 202-f to read as follows:
   § 202-F. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 1. WHENEVER A PUBLIC HEARING IS  HELD  ON  A
 PROPOSED  RULE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
 LAW, AN AGENCY IS AUTHORIZED TO UTILIZE INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE
 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RULE MAKING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALLOW-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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