Assembly Bill A7599

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts certain entities from the in-person quorum requirements for videoconferencing by public bodies

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A7599 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103-a, Pub Off L

2023-A7599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts citywide/community education councils (CCECs), school leadership teams (SLTs) and district leadership teams (DLTs) from the in-person quorum requirements for videoconferencing by public bodies.

2023-A7599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7599
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
   certain  entities from the in-person quorum requirements for videocon-
   ferencing by public bodies

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  103-a  of  the public officers law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. THE IN-PERSON QUORUM REQUIREMENTS  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION   SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  CITYWIDE/COMMUNITY  EDUCATION  COUNCILS
 (CCECS), SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS (SLTS) AND  DISTRICT  LEADERSHIP  TEAMS
 (DLTS).
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 130-a of  the  public  officers  law  made  by
 section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11440-01-3

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