Requires records, including a proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation, policy or amendment thereto, scheduled to be presented and discussed by a public body at an open meeting be made available for review to the public; requires such records be made available on the agency's website if it is regularly updated and they utilize a high speed internet connection.

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A72B-2011 Actions

• Jan 3, 2012: signed chap.603
• Dec 22, 2011: delivered to governor
• Jun 22, 2011: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 22, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 22, 2011: 3RD READING CAL.833
• Jun 22, 2011: SUBSTITUTED FOR S3255B
• Jun 2, 2011: RECOMMITTED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• Jun 2, 2011: returned to senate
• Jun 2, 2011: repassed assembly
• May 17, 2011: amended on third reading 72b
• May 17, 2011: vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
• May 17, 2011: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 17, 2011: recalled from senate
• Mar 14, 2011: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• Mar 14, 2011: delivered to senate
• Mar 14, 2011: passed assembly
• Mar 10, 2011: advanced to third reading cal.95
• Mar 9, 2011: reported
• Mar 2, 2011: print number 72a
• Mar 2, 2011: amend and recommit to ways and means
• Jan 25, 2011: reported referred to ways and means
• Jan 5, 2011: referred to governmental operations

A72B-2011 Votes

A72B-2011 Text

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

                                    72--B
                                                           Cal. No. 95

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, MARKEY, REILLY, GALEF, CASTRO, KAVANAGH,
    PERRY, SPANO, ZEBROWSKI, LIFTON, LATIMER -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
    of A. ABINANTI, GIBSON, LUPARDO, M. MILLER, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read
    once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Governmental Operations --
    reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to  said  committee -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate,
    recalled from the Senate, vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,  ordered
    reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  officers  law, in relation to requiring
    certain records which are the subject of a discussion conducted at  an
    open meeting be made available to the public

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


    Section 1. Section 103 of the public officers law is amended by adding
  a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:

    (E) AGENCY RECORDS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX  OF
  THIS CHAPTER, AS WELL AS ANY PROPOSED RESOLUTION, LAW, RULE, REGULATION,
  POLICY  OR ANY AMENDMENT THERETO, THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE THE SUBJECT OF
  DISCUSSION BY A PUBLIC BODY DURING AN OPEN MEETING SHALL BE MADE  AVAIL-
  ABLE,  UPON REQUEST THEREFOR, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AS DETERMINED BY
  THE AGENCY OR THE DEPARTMENT, PRIOR TO OR AT THE  MEETING  DURING  WHICH
  THE  RECORDS  WILL  BE  DISCUSSED.    COPIES OF SUCH RECORDS MAY BE MADE
  AVAILABLE FOR A  REASONABLE  FEE,  DETERMINED  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER  AS
  PROVIDED  THEREFOR  IN  ARTICLE  SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.   IF THE AGENCY IN
  WHICH A PUBLIC  BODY  FUNCTIONS  MAINTAINS  A  REGULARLY  AND  ROUTINELY
  UPDATED  WEBSITE  AND  UTILIZES  A  HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION, SUCH
  RECORDS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE  TO  THE  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE  AS
  DETERMINED  BY  THE  AGENCY OR THE DEPARTMENT, PRIOR TO THE MEETING.  AN

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00911-11-1

 A. 72--B                            2

  AGENCY MAY, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO, EXPEND  ADDITIONAL  MONEYS  TO
  IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
    S  2.   This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
  have become a law.