Senate Bill S1815

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires municipalities to maintain municipal websites

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • 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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2021-S1815 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1166
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13-E §300, amd §30, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5927
2017-2018: A1513
2019-2020: S4908, A3319
2023-2024: S3353, A2852

2021-S1815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipalities to maintain municipal websites.

2021-S1815 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1815
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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.
   §  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.
   § 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.

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