Bill Text: NY A07084 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the audio recording of regular meetings of school board by the clerk and assistant clerk or clerks of the meeting.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-26 - held for consideration in education [A07084 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07084-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7084
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 12, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. J. MILLER, THIELE, RAIA, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  BARCLAY, BUTLER, CONTE, CROUCH, FINCH, REILICH,  SALA-
         DINO,  SAYWARD,  TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  the  audio
         recording of regular meetings of school board
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1708 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4. THE CLERK AND ASSISTANT CLERK OR CLERKS OF THE MEETING SHALL KEEP A
    4  TRUE  AND  ACCURATE AUDIO OR VIDEO WITH AUDIO RECORDING OF REGULAR MEET-
    5  INGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  MAKING  SUCH  RECORDINGS
    6  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
    7    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    8  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08219-01-1
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