Assembly Bill A4334

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Committee on Open Government to investigate violations of the open meetings law and to impose penalties

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  • 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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2015-A4334 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§103 & 105, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7567
2013-2014: A6976

2015-A4334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the committee on open government to investigate violations of the open meetings law and to impose penalties.

2015-A4334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4334

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CERETTO, MONTESANO, FINCH, TENNEY -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   GOODELL, McDONOUGH, THIELE  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing the
  committee on open government to investigate  violations  of  the  open
  meetings law

  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, as amended by chap-
ter 368 of the laws of 1977 and renumbered by chapter 652 of the laws of
1983, subdivision (c) as added by chapter  289  of  the  laws  of  2000,
subdivision  (d) as added by chapter 40 of the laws of 2010, subdivision
(d) as added by chapter 43 of the laws of 2010, and subdivision  (e)  as
added by chapter 603 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  S 103. Open  meetings  and  executive sessions. (a) Every meeting of a
public body shall be open to the general public, except that  an  execu-
tive  session of such body may be called and business transacted thereat
in accordance with section [ninety-five] ONE HUNDRED FIVE of this  arti-
cle.
  (b)  Public  bodies  shall  make  or  cause  to be made all reasonable
efforts to ensure that meetings  are  held  in  facilities  that  permit
barrier-free  physical  access to the physically handicapped, as defined
in subdivision five of section fifty of the public buildings law.
  (c) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its  meetings
shall  provide  an  opportunity  for  the  public  to attend, listen and
observe at any site at which a member participates.
  (d) Public bodies shall make  or  cause  to  be  made  all  reasonable
efforts  to  ensure  that  meetings  are held in an appropriate facility
which can adequately accommodate members  of  the  public  who  wish  to
attend such meetings.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07135-01-5

              

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