Assembly Bill A5927

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires municipalities to maintain municipal websites

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5927 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13-E §300, amd §30, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1513
2019-2020: A3319
2021-2022: A1166
2023-2024: A2852

2015-A5927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipalities to maintain municipal websites.

2015-A5927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5927

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, SKOUFIS, GOTTFRIED -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to requiring
  municipalities to maintain municipal websites

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
cle 13-E to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 13-E
                           MUNICIPAL WEBSITES
SECTION 300. MUNICIPAL WEBSITES.
  S 300. MUNICIPAL WEBSITES. 1. ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS  SHALL  MAIN-
TAIN  AN OFFICIAL WEBSITE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE
SHALL CONTAIN BASIC INFORMATION ON THE MUNICIPALITY  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
LIMITED TO HOURS OF OPERATIONS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED.
THE  WEBSITE  SHOULD  CONTAIN  AN  EASILY UNDERSTOOD PRIVACY POLICY THAT
INFORMS WEBSITE VISITORS OF ANY INFORMATION THAT IS BEING COLLECTED  AND
HOW IT IS BEING USED.
  2.  OFFICIAL  MUNICIPAL  WEBSITES SHOULD BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS
AND CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  A. ALL DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY SECTION THIRTY OF THIS CHAPTER;
  B. NOTICE OF ALL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC MEET-
INGS INCLUDING REGULAR BOARD OR LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS;
  C. AGENDA AND MINUTES OF MUNICIPAL MEETINGS  AS  REQUIRED  BY  ARTICLE
SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW; AND
  D. UPDATED VERSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY'S CODE OR LAWS.
  S  2.    Subdivision  7 of section 30 of the general municipal law, as
added by section 10 of part O of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of  2008,  is
amended to read as follows:
  7.  [To the extent practicable, each] EACH municipal corporation shall
make accessible [to the public via its official internet  web  site]  ON

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09636-01-5

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