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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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