Bill Text: NY S02422 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2422 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02422 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02422-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2422
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  definition
         of a "public body"
         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 102 of the public officers law, as
    2  amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such  section  as  renum-
    3  bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    4    2.  "Public  body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in
    5  order to conduct public business and  which  consists  of  two  or  more
    6  members,  performing  a  governmental  function  for the state or for an
    7  agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined  in
    8  section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction  law, or committee or
    9  subcommittee or other similar body of such public body, AND  ANY  ENTITY
   10  CONSISTING  OF  TWO  OR  MORE  MEMBERS CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE
   11  GOVERNOR.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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