Bill Text: NY A05725 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to deliberations of political committees, conferences and caucuses

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-11 - enacting clause stricken [A05725 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05725-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5725
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 19, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, MAGEE, BENJAMIN, CLARK, LATIMER, SPANO,
         ALFANO, BALL,  GIGLIO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  BARRA,
         DelMONTE,  DESTITO, ERRIGO, KOON, MILLER, TEDISCO, THIELE -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to deliberations of
         political committees, conferences and caucuses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 108 of the public
    2  officers law, as amended by chapter 136 of the laws of 1985, is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    b.  for  purposes  of  this  section,  the  deliberations of political
    5  committees, conferences and caucuses means a private meeting of  members
    6  of  the  senate or assembly of the state of New York, or of the legisla-
    7  tive body of a county, city, town or village, who are members or  adher-
    8  ents  of  the  same  political party, DURING THE PERIOD OF DISCUSSION OF
    9  MATTERS OF POLITICAL PARTY BUSINESS, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF  POLI-
   10  TICAL  PARTY  POLICY ON ISSUES OF PUBLIC BUSINESS, without regard to (i)
   11  [the subject matter under discussion, including  discussions  of  public
   12  business,  (ii)]  the  majority  or  minority  status  of such political
   13  committees, conferences and caucuses or [(iii)] (II) whether such  poli-
   14  tical  committees,  conferences  and  caucuses invite staff or guests to
   15  participate in their deliberations; and
   16    S 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.
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