S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8591
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. THIELE, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN, ABINANTI, McDONALD,
   OTIS, NIOU, FRONTUS, McMAHON -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend chapter 417 of the laws of 2021 relating to authorizing
   political subdivisions to permit any  public  body  to  hold  meetings
   remotely and without in-person access during the COVID-19 state disas-
   ter  emergency, in relation to public bodies holding meetings remotely
   and to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Sections  1 and 2 of part E of chapter 417 of the laws of
 2021 relating to authorizing political subdivisions to permit any public
 body to hold meetings remotely and without in-person access  during  the
 COVID-19 state disaster emergency, are amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of article 7 of the public
 officers law to the contrary,  any  [state  agency,  department,  corpo-
 ration,  office,  authority, board, or commission] PUBLIC BODY, as [well
 as any local public body] DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF
 THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, [or public corporation as defined in section 66
 of the general construction law, or political subdivisions as defined in
 section 100 of the general municipal law, or a committee or subcommittee
 or other similar body of such entity,] shall be authorized to  meet  and
 take  such action authorized by law without permitting in public in-per-
 son access to meetings and authorize such meetings to be  held  remotely
 by  conference call or similar service, provided that the public has the
 ability to view or listen to such proceeding and that such meetings  are
 recorded  and  later  transcribed.  ["Local  public body" shall mean any
 entity for which a quorum is required in order to conduct  public  busi-
 ness  and  which  consists  of two or more members, performing a govern-
 mental function for an entity limited 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. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed [January 15, 2022] UPON THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14074-04-2
 A. 8591                             2
 
 THE  STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 11 OF
 2021 OR ANY EXTENSION  OR  MODIFICATION  THEREOF;  PROVIDED  THAT    THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  LEGISLATIVE  BILL DRAFTING
 COMMISSION  UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF SUCH
 EXECUTIVE ORDER IN ORDER THAT THE COMMISSION MAY  MAINTAIN  AN  ACCURATE
 AND  TIMELY  EFFECTIVE  DATABASE OF THE OFFICIAL TEXT OF THE LAWS OF THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK IN  FURTHERANCE  OF  EFFECTUATING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  44  OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW AND SECTION 70-B OF THE PUBLIC OFFI-
 CERS LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.