Bill Text: NY A06481 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes political subdivisions to permit any public body to hold meetings remotely and without in-person access so long as the public has the ability to view or listen to such meetings and that such meetings are recorded and transcribed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-02-24 - pocket veto - veto.86 [A06481 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06481-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6481

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. McMAHON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN ACT authorizing political subdivisions to permit any public  body  to
          hold  meetings remotely and without in-person access during the COVID-
          19 state disaster emergency; and  provides  for  the  repeal  of  such
          provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. For the duration of the state disaster  emergency  declared
     2  pursuant  to  executive  order  202  of  2020, political subdivisions as
     3  defined in section 100 of the general municipal law, shall be authorized
     4  to the extent necessary to permit any public body as defined in  section
     5  102  of  the public officers law to meet and take such action authorized
     6  by law without permitting in public in-person  access  to  meetings  and
     7  authorize  such meetings to be held remotely by conference call or simi-
     8  lar service, provided that the public has the ability to view or  listen
     9  to  such  proceeding and that such meetings are recorded and later tran-
    10  scribed.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    12  deemed repealed on the same date as the expiration of the state disaster
    13  emergency declared pursuant to executive order 202 of 2020.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10480-02-1