Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 11, 2015 |
signed chap.519 |
Nov 30, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 16, 2015 |
returned to assembly passed senate substituted for s76a |
Jun 16, 2015 |
substituted by a1233a ordered to third reading cal.1599 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Apr 24, 2015 |
print number 76a |
Apr 24, 2015 |
amend and recommit to investigations and government operations |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S76A
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 60th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1233 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2015-S76 - Details
2015-S76 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S76 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to broadcasting open meetings of an agency or department PURPOSE : To require meetings of public bodies covered by the Open Meetings Law to be streamed in real-time and to be posted on the agency's website, to the extent practicable. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends Section 103 of the public officers law, by adding a new subdivision (f), which provides that open meetings of an agency shall be broadcast to the public and maintained as records to the extent practicable, as determined by the agency or the department. If an agency maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed connection, it shall stream its open meetings in real-time and post them on its website within a reasonable time after the meetings, to the extent practicable. This section also provides that an agency may, but is not required to, expend additional funds to implement these provisions. Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. JUSTIFICATION : In many instances, open meetings are not reasonably
2015-S76 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 76 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 broadcasting open meetings of an agency or department 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 (f) to read as follows: (F) 1. OPEN MEETINGS OF AN AGENCY SHALL BE BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC AND MAINTAINED AS RECORDS TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AS DETERMINED BY THE AGENCY OR THE DEPARTMENT. IF THE AGENCY IN WHICH A PUBLIC BODY FUNCTIONS MAINTAINS A REGULARLY AND ROUTINELY UPDATED WEBSITE AND UTILIZES A HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION, SUCH OPEN MEETING SHALL BE STREAMED IN REAL- TIME, AND POSTED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER THE MEETING, ON THE WEBSITE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, AS DETERMINED BY THE AGENCY. 2. AN AGENCY MAY, BUT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO, EXPEND ADDITIONAL FUNDS 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00711-01-5
2015-S76A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S76A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S76A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to broadcasting open meetings of an agency or department PURPOSE: To require meetings of public bodies covered by the Open Meetings Law to be streamed in real-time and to be posted on the agency's website, to the extent practicable. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 103 of the public officers law, by adding a new subdivision (f), which provides that open meetings of an agency shall be broadcast to the public and maintained as records to the extent practicable and within existing funds. If an agency maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed connection, it shall stream its open meetings in real-time and post them on its website within a reasonable time after the meetings, to the extent practicable and within existing funds. Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. JUSTIFICATION: In many instances, open meetings are not reasonably available to be viewed by the public. The time at which they are usually scheduled prevents people who work or go to school to
2015-S76A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 76--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to broadcasting open meetings of an agency or department 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 (f) to read as follows: (F) OPEN MEETINGS OF AN AGENCY SHALL BE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND WITHIN AVAILABLE FUNDS, BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC AND MAINTAINED AS RECORDS OF THE AGENCY. IF THE AGENCY MAINTAINS A WEBSITE AND UTILIZES A HIGH SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION, SUCH OPEN MEETING SHALL BE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND WITHIN AVAILABLE FUNDS, STREAMED ON SUCH WEBSITE IN REAL-TIME, AND POSTED ON SUCH WEBSITE WITHIN AND FOR A REASONABLE TIME AFTER THE MEETING. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ONLY A STATE DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU, DIVISION, COUNCIL OR OFFICE AND ANY PUBLIC CORPORATION THE MAJORITY OF WHOSE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00711-03-5
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