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A02697 Summary:

BILL NO	A02697
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Paulin
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §103, Pub Off L
Requires public bodies to make reasonable efforts to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individuals in person and via broadcast and to provide audio visual equipment as necessary.

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A02697 Actions:

BILL NO	A02697
01/26/2023	referred to governmental operations
01/03/2024	referred to governmental operations

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A02697 Committee Votes:

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A02697 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2697
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public
          bodies to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individ-
          uals in person and via broadcast

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 103 of the public officers law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
     3    (g) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made reasonable efforts to
     4  ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible to those individuals who
     5  attend such meetings in person or via broadcast by providing audiovisual
     6  equipment, including but not limited  to  microphones  and  speakers  to
     7  ensure  that  individuals  in attendance as well as individuals watching
     8  via broadcast can adequately hear the proceedings of the meeting.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05334-01-3

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