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S09010 Summary:

BILL NO	S09010
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	SKOUFIS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd 103-a, Pub Off L
Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

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S09010 Actions:

BILL NO	S09010
04/09/2024	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
05/06/2024	1ST REPORT CAL.874
05/07/2024	2ND REPORT CAL.
05/08/2024	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

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S09010 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9010
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      April 9, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 expanding use of
          videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies
 
          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 103-a of the public officers law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
     3    (j) a public body may, in its discretion,  authorize  members  of  its
     4  committees  and  subcommittees  that  perform advisory functions only to
     5  attend meetings of such committees and subcommittees from  one  or  more
     6  non-public locations through the use of videoconferencing and be consid-
     7  ered  present  for  purposes  of fulfilling quorum requirements for such
     8  meetings provided that an opportunity for the public to  attend,  listen
     9  and  observe  such  meetings  in  at least one physical location that is
    10  provided and that location meets all  physical  access  requirements  of
    11  section one hundred three of this article.
    12    §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    13  ments to section 103-a of the public officers law made by section one of
    14  this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
    15  repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15097-01-4

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