S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 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. LBD04857-01-5