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                                  7623--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 22, 2021
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 Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 417 of the laws of 2021 relating to  authorizing
   political  subdivisions  to  permit  any  public body to hold meetings
   remotely and without in-person access during the COVID-19 state disas-
   ter emergency, in relation to public bodies holding meetings  remotely
   and to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of part E of chapter 417 of  the  laws  of
 2021 relating to authorizing political subdivisions to permit any public
 body  to  hold meetings remotely and without in-person access during the
 COVID-19 state disaster emergency, are amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 7 of  the  public
 officers  law  to  the  contrary,  any [state agency, department, corpo-
 ration, office, authority, board, or commission] PUBLIC BODY,  as  [well
 as any local public body] DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF
 THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, [or public corporation as defined in section 66
 of the general construction law, or political subdivisions as defined in
 section 100 of the general municipal law, or a committee or subcommittee
 or  other  similar body of such entity,] shall be authorized to meet and
 take such action authorized by law without permitting in public  in-per-
 son  access  to meetings and authorize such meetings to be held remotely
 by conference call or similar service, provided that the public has  the
 ability  to view or listen to such proceeding and that such meetings are
 recorded and later transcribed. ["Local  public  body"  shall  mean  any
 entity  for  which a quorum is required in order to conduct public busi-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14074-03-2
              

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 ness and which consists of two or more  members,  performing  a  govern-
 mental  function  for an entity limited in the execution of its official
 functions to a portion only of the state, or a political subdivision  of
 the state, or for an agency or department thereof.]
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed [January 15, 2022] UPON THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF
 THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 11  OF
 2021  OR  ANY  EXTENSION  OR  MODIFICATION  THEREOF; PROVIDED THAT   THE
 COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  LEGISLATIVE  BILL  DRAFTING
 COMMISSION  UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION OF SUCH
 EXECUTIVE ORDER IN ORDER THAT THE COMMISSION MAY  MAINTAIN  AN  ACCURATE
 AND  TIMELY  EFFECTIVE  DATABASE OF THE OFFICIAL TEXT OF THE LAWS OF THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK IN  FURTHERANCE  OF  EFFECTUATING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  44  OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW AND SECTION 70-B OF THE PUBLIC OFFI-
 CERS LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.