Add §857, Gen Muni L; add §1952-a & 2305, Pub Auth L
Requires each industrial development agency to live stream and post video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings; requires each industrial development agency to post such recordings for a period of not less than five years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8468--A
IN SENATE
May 8, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities
law, in relation to requiring each industrial development agency to
live stream all open meetings and public hearings and make the
recordings of such meetings and hearings available on the webpage of
the industrial development agency
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 857 to read as follows:
3 § 857. Video recordings of open meetings and public hearings. The
4 agency shall, to the extent practicable, stream all open meetings and
5 public hearings on its website in real-time. The agency shall post video
6 recordings of all open meetings and public hearings on its website with-
7 in five business days of the meeting or hearing and shall maintain such
8 recordings for a period of not less than five years.
9 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
10 1952-a to read as follows:
11 § 1952-a. Video recordings of open meetings and public hearings. The
12 authority shall, to the extent practicable, stream all open meetings and
13 public hearings on its website in real-time. The authority shall post
14 video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings on its website
15 within five business days of the meeting or hearing and shall maintain
16 such recordings for a period of not less than five years.
17 § 3. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
18 2305 to read as follows:
19 § 2305. Video recordings of open meetings and public hearings. The
20 authority shall, to the extent practicable, stream all open meetings and
21 public hearings on its website in real-time. The authority shall post
22 video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings on its website
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 within five business days of the meeting or hearing and shall maintain
2 such recordings for a period of not less than five years.
3 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
