Bill Text: NY A10642 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-20 - referred to governmental operations [A10642 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10642-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10642

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 20, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding use of
          videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 103-a of the public  officers  law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
     3    (j)  a  public  body  may, in its discretion, authorize members of its
     4  committees and subcommittees that perform  advisory  functions  only  to
     5  attend  meetings  of  such committees and subcommittees from one or more
     6  non-public locations through the use of videoconferencing and be consid-
     7  ered present for purposes of fulfilling  quorum  requirements  for  such
     8  meetings  provided  that an opportunity for the public to attend, listen
     9  and observe such meetings in at least  one  physical  location  that  is
    10  provided  and  that  location  meets all physical access requirements of
    11  section one hundred three of this article.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
    13  ments to section 103-a of the public officers law made by section one of
    14  this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
    15  repealed therewith.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15097-01-4