S05990 Summary:
BILL NO | S05990 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A04788-B |
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SPONSOR | ESPAILLAT |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add SS2824-b & 2824-c, Pub Auth L | |
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Requires state authorities to conduct open meetings and provide an internet broadcast of its meetings. |
S05990 Actions:
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06/17/2015 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/23/2015 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1876 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/23/2015 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/23/2015 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/23/2015 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/24/2015 | substituted for a4788b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/24/2015 | ordered to third reading cal.113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/24/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/24/2015 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/30/2015 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/11/2015 | VETOED MEMO.304 |
S05990 Committee Votes:
Go to topS05990 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
ER
Lupinacci
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
ER
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
ER
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
ER
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
ER
Mosley
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
ER
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
ER
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
ER
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
ER
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S05990 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5990 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 17, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring open meetings and the internet broadcast of open meetings of each state authority The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding two new 2 sections 2824-b and 2824-c to read as follows: 3 § 2824-b. Open meetings. Each state authority shall be subject to the 4 provisions of article seven of the public officers law. 5 § 2824-c. Internet broadcast of open meetings. 1. Each state authority 6 shall broadcast over the internet, live video and audio of each open 7 meeting held by the authority. The time and place of each such meeting 8 shall be conspicuously posted on the state authority's internet website 9 at least one week prior to such meeting. 10 2. All meetings broadcast in accordance with subdivision one of this 11 section shall be recorded, archived, and made accessible to the public 12 on its website for at least one year after the date of the meeting. 13 3. The provisions of this section shall apply to all meetings of the 14 board but shall not apply to executive sessions held in accordance with 15 article seven of the public officers law. 16 4. Each state authority which: (a) has revenue of less than one 17 million dollars; (b) has outstanding bonds or debt of less than one 18 million dollars; and (c) is allocated less than one million dollars in 19 state, county or municipal annual appropriations, may waive, for a peri- 20 od of one year, the requirements set forth in subdivisions one and two 21 of this section, if voted upon and approved by the board of the state 22 authority. 23 5. Each state authority that approves a waiver pursuant to subdivision 24 four of this section shall be required to satisfy the requirements of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01911-06-5S. 5990 2 1 subdivisions one and two of this section if they surpass any of the 2 respective one million dollar thresholds set forth in subdivision four 3 of this section, in any fiscal year. 4 6. Any aggrieved person shall have standing to enforce the provisions 5 of this section against a state authority by the commencement of a 6 proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law 7 and rules, or an action for declaratory judgement and injunctive relief. 8 In any such action or proceeding, if a court determines that a state 9 authority failed to comply with this section, the court shall have the 10 power, in its discretion, upon good cause shown, to declare that the 11 state authority violated this section and/or declare the action taken in 12 relation to such violation void, in whole or in part, without prejudice 13 to the reconsideration in compliance with this section. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 15 it shall have become a law.