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                                   3438
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to  training
   requirements  for members of the board of ethics of a political subdi-
   vision or municipality

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  808  of  the general municipal law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. (A) EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ETHICS OF A  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
 OR  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL  COMPLETE,  AT A MINIMUM, FOUR HOURS OF TRAINING
 EACH YEAR DESIGNED TO ENABLE SUCH MEMBERS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY CARRY  OUT
 THEIR  DUTIES.  TRAINING RECEIVED BY A MEMBER IN EXCESS OF FOUR HOURS IN
 ANY ONE YEAR MAY BE CARRIED OVER BY THE MEMBER INTO SUCCEEDING YEARS  IN
 ORDER  TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH TRAINING SHALL
 BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY AND MAY INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED
 TO, TRAINING PROVIDED BY A MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY, STATE AGENCY, STATEWIDE
 MUNICIPAL  ASSOCIATION, COLLEGE OR OTHER SIMILAR ENTITY. TRAINING MAY BE
 PROVIDED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ELEC-
 TRONIC  MEDIA, VIDEO, DISTANCE LEARNING AND TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM TRAIN-
 ING.
   (B) TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO SUCH BOARD, SUCH MEMBER  SHALL
 HAVE  COMPLETED THE TRAINING PROMOTED BY THE RESPECTIVE POLITICAL SUBDI-
 VISION OR MUNICIPALITY PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (C) THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE WAIVED  OR  MODI-
 FIED  BY  RESOLUTION  OF THE GOVERNING BODY WHEN, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE
 GOVERNING BODY, IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE  RESPECTIVE  POLITICAL
 SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPALITY TO DO SO.
   (D)  NO  DECISION  OF  A  BOARD  OF ETHICS SHALL BE VOIDED OR DECLARED
 INVALID BECAUSE OF A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (E) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION, THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 HAVE NO APPLICATION TO A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
 OR TO A COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR  OTHER  PUBLIC  AGENCY  OR  FACILITY
 THEREIN.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.