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Assembly Bill A7567
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CERETTO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
Peter Rivera
Michael Montesano
Nancy Calhoun
Tony Jordan
multi-Sponsors
Dennis H. Gabryszak
Andrew Goodell
David McDonough
Fred Thiele
2011-A7567 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A7567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7567 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 10, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CERETTO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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, and subdivi- sion (d) as added by chapter 43 of the laws of 2010, 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. [(d)] (E) 1. Any meeting of a public body that is open to the public shall be open to being photographed, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11038-02-1
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