STATE OF NEW YORK
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8114
IN SENATE
March 23, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to conducting busi-
ness by electronic means during a state disaster emergency; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, during
4 a state disaster emergency, as defined in section twenty of the execu-
5 tive law, a public body in the affected area may utilize electronic
6 means to conduct business pursuant to this section. In utilizing such
7 electronic means, the public body shall promptly provide notice to the
8 general public pursuant to section one hundred four of this article
9 detailing how failure to utilize electronic means would unduly threaten
10 the health or safety of members of the public body or the general
11 public, and provide a description of alternate means by which the public
12 can monitor, watch, listen to, participate in, and/or attend the meet-
13 ing.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed December 31, 2022.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15888-01-0
