STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 3178 A. 2399
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the definition
of a public body pursuant to the open meetings law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as
2 amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such section as renum-
3 bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
4 2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in
5 order to conduct public business and which consists of two or more
6 members, performing a governmental function for the state or for an
7 agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in
8 section sixty-six of the general construction law, or committee or
9 subcommittee or advisory committee or other similar body of such public
10 body.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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