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senate Bill S7404
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Anna M. Kaplan
(D, IP, WF) 7th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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S7404 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8360
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §103, Pub Off L
S7404 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7404 SPONSOR: KAPLAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public bodies to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individ- uals in person and via broadcast PURPOSE: This legislation seeks to ensure that public bodies make reasonable efforts to ensure that their proceedings are audible to those in attend- ance or those watching via broadcast. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 adds a new subdivision (g) to Section 103 of the Public Offi- cers Law to require public bodies to make or cause to be made reasonable efforts to ensure that the proceedings of meetings are audible to those in attendance or via broadcast, by providing audiovisual equipment to
S7404 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7404
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
September 29, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public
bodies to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individ-
uals in person and via broadcast
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 103 of the public officers law is amended by adding
a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
(G) PUBLIC BODIES SHALL MAKE OR CAUSE TO BE MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO
ENSURE THAT PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ARE AUDIBLE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
ATTEND SUCH MEETINGS IN PERSON OR VIA BROADCAST BY PROVIDING AUDIOVISUAL
EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MICROPHONES AND SPEAKERS TO
ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WATCHING
VIA BROADCAST CAN ADEQUATELY HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13137-02-1
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