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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7910
IN SENATE
January 3, 2024
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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