STATE OF NEW YORK
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10983--A
IN ASSEMBLY
September 9, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to making certain
documents available for open meetings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions (e) and (f) of section 103 of the public offi-
2 cers law, subdivision (e) as added by chapter 603 of the laws of 2011
3 and subdivision (f) as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 2016, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of
6 this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,
7 policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of
8 discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made avail-
9 able, upon request therefor, [to the extent practicable as determined by
10 the agency or the department,] at least twenty-four hours prior to [or
11 at] the meeting during which the records will be discussed. Copies of
12 such records may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in
13 the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter. If
14 the agency in which a public body functions maintains a regularly and
15 routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,
16 such records shall be posted on the website [to the extent practicable
17 as determined by the agency or the department,] at least twenty-four
18 hours prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to,
19 expend additional moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivi-
20 sion.
21 (f) Open meetings of [an agency or authority] a public body shall be,
22 to the extent practicable and within available funds, broadcast to the
23 public and maintained as records of the [agency or authority] public
24 body. If the [agency or authority] public body maintains a website and
25 utilizes a high speed internet connection, such open meeting shall be,
26 to the extent practicable and within available funds, streamed on or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 available through such website in real-time, and video recordings of
2 such open meeting shall be posted on such website within five business
3 days of the meeting and for a reasonable time after the meeting and such
4 recordings shall be maintained for a period of not less than five years.
5 [For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "agency" shall mean only
6 a state department, board, bureau, division, council or office and any
7 public corporation the majority of whose members are appointed by the
8 governor. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "authority" shall
9 mean a public authority or public benefit corporation created by or
10 existing under any state law, at least one of whose members is appointed
11 by the governor (including any subsidiaries of such public authority or
12 public benefit corporation), other than an interstate or international
13 authority or public benefit corporation.]
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.