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S07910 Summary:

BILL NOS07910
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §102, Pub Off L
 
Relates to expanding the definition of "public body" to include any entity consisting of two or more members created by executive order of the governor.
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S07910 Actions:

BILL NOS07910
 
01/03/2024REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
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S07910 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7910
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 3, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  the  definition
          of a "public body"
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as
     2  amended by chapter 115 of the laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    2.  "Public  body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in
     5  order to conduct public business and  which  consists  of  two  or  more
     6  members,  performing  a  governmental  function  for the state or for an
     7  agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined  in
     8  section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction  law, or committee or
     9  subcommittee or other similar body consisting of members of such  public
    10  body,  or any entity consisting of two or more members created by execu-
    11  tive order of the governor, or an entity created or appointed to perform
    12  a necessary function in the decision-making process for which  a  quorum
    13  is  required  in  order to conduct public business and which consists of
    14  two or more members. A necessary function in the decision-making process
    15  shall not include the provision of recommendations or guidance which  is
    16  purely  advisory  and which does not require further action by the state
    17  or agency or department thereof or  public  corporation  as  defined  in
    18  section sixty-six of the general construction law.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11829-01-3
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