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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S1548
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1548 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition of a "public body" PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will require that entities with two or more members created by executive order of the governor are subject to the Open Meetings Law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision two of section 102 of the public officers law to require that entities consisting of two or more members created by executive order of the Governor are included in the definition of a "public body" and therefore subject to the provisions of the Open Meetings Law. Section two of the bill provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Executive Order 3 from January 1, 2007, states, "It is essential to the maintenance of a democratic society that the public business be
2013-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1548 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition of a "public body" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as renum- bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in order to conduct public business and which consists of two or more members, performing a governmental function for the state or for an agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law, or committee or subcommittee or other similar body of such public body, AND ANY ENTITY CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE MEMBERS CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04230-01-3
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