Senate Bill S9010

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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-S9010 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10642
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103-a, Pub Off L

2023-S9010 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

2023-S9010 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9010 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9010
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 expanding use of
   videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 103-a of the public officers law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
   (J) A PUBLIC BODY MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION,  AUTHORIZE  MEMBERS  OF  ITS
 COMMITTEES  AND  SUBCOMMITTEES  THAT  PERFORM ADVISORY FUNCTIONS ONLY TO
 ATTEND MEETINGS OF SUCH COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES FROM  ONE  OR  MORE
 NON-PUBLIC LOCATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF VIDEOCONFERENCING AND BE CONSID-
 ERED  PRESENT  FOR  PURPOSES  OF FULFILLING QUORUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH
 MEETINGS PROVIDED THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO  ATTEND,  LISTEN
 AND  OBSERVE  SUCH  MEETINGS  IN  AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL LOCATION THAT IS
 PROVIDED AND THAT LOCATION MEETS ALL  PHYSICAL  ACCESS  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
 ments to section 103-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.
                                                            LBD15097-01-4



              

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