Requires certain public records, and any proposed resolution, rule, regulation, policy or amendments thereto scheduled to be discussed by a public body at an open meeting be made available to the public at least 24 hours prior to such meetings.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11032
IN ASSEMBLY
October 7, 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
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring
certain records which are the subject of a discussion conducted at an
open meeting be made available to the public at least twenty-four
hours prior thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 103 of the public officers law,
2 as added by chapter 603 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of
5 this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,
6 policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of
7 discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made avail-
8 able, upon request therefor, to the extent practicable as determined by
9 the agency or the department, at least twenty-four hours prior to [or
10 at] the meeting during which the records will be discussed. Copies of
11 such records may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in
12 the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter. If
13 the agency in which a public body functions maintains a regularly and
14 routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,
15 such records shall be posted on the website to the extent practicable as
16 determined by the agency or the department, at least twenty-four hours
17 prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to,
18 expend additional moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivi-
19 sion.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17265-02-0
