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Assembly Bill A2506

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the availability of agency records prior to or at an open meeting

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2023-A2506 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7355
2025-2026: A522

2023-A2506 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the availability of agency records prior to or at an open meeting; removes the "to the extent practicable at least twenty-four hours" limitation from the requirement that agencies and departments shall make records available.

2023-A2506 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2506
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 the availability
   of agency records prior to or at an open meeting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 103 of the public officers  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  481 of the laws of 2021, is 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 at least twen-
 ty-four hours] prior to 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  main-
 tains  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 at least twenty-four hours prior to the meet-
 ing. An agency may, but shall not  be  required  to,  expend  additional
 moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05296-01-3

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