Bill Text: NY A09419 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the New York state thruway authority to provide notice, a description of meeting details and a sign up list prior to meetings of the board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-14 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A09419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09419-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9419

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 14, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          New York state thruway authority to provide notice, a  description  of
          meeting details and a sign up list prior to meetings of the board

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 352 of the public authorities  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. (a) Prior to any meeting of the board, the board shall:
     4    (i)  not less than two weeks prior to such meeting, provide the public
     5  with notice of such meeting. Such notice shall include at a minimum, the
     6  date, time and location of such meeting;
     7    (ii) not less than one week prior to such meeting, provide the  public
     8  with  a  description  of  such meeting, setting forth the details of all
     9  items to be considered at such meeting; and
    10    (iii) not less than one week prior to such meeting, provide any  party
    11  with  an  interest in such meeting to sign up for public comment at such
    12  meeting.
    13    (b) The notice, description  of  meeting  details  and  sign  up  list
    14  required  by  paragraph  (a) of this subdivision shall be made available
    15  and published in a conspicuous location on the website of the authority.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03770-01-3