STATE OF NEW YORK
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3353--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 31, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee
and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring
municipalities to maintain municipal websites
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 arti-
2 cle 13-E to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 13-E
4 MUNICIPAL WEBSITES
5 Section 300. Municipal websites.
6 § 300. Municipal websites. 1. All municipal corporations shall main-
7 tain an official website with a ".gov" domain name that is accessible to
8 the public and update such website regularly. The official website shall
9 contain basic information on the municipality including but not limited
10 to hours of operations, elected officials and services provided. The
11 website shall contain a privacy policy that is prominently posted and
12 written in plain language that informs website visitors of any personal
13 information that is being collected and how it is being used.
14 2. Municipal websites shall, at a minimum, contain the following
15 information:
16 a. all documents required by subdivision seven of section thirty of
17 this chapter;
18 b. notice of all municipal elections, public hearings and public meet-
19 ings including regular board or legislative meetings;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 c. agenda and minutes of municipal meetings as required by article
2 seven of the public officers law; and
3 d. an up to date version of, or an active hyperlink to, the munici-
4 pality's codes or local laws and resolutions.
5 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 30 of the general municipal law, as
6 added by section 10 of part O of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, is
7 amended to read as follows:
8 7. [To the extent practicable, each] Each municipal corporation shall
9 make accessible to the public [via its official internet web site] on
10 its official municipal website required under article thirteen-E of this
11 chapter documentation pertaining to its most recent annual financial
12 reports, current year budget, most recent independent audit report and
13 most recent fiscal performance plan or multiyear financial plan required
14 pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision ten of section fifty-four of the
15 state finance law, unless such information is covered by subdivision two
16 of section eighty-seven of the public officers law.
17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
18 it shall have become a law.
