Bill Text: NY S03353 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires municipalities to maintain municipal websites.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2852A [S03353 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03353-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3353--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
          ment -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance
          with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said  committee
          and  committed  to  the  Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to requiring
          municipalities to maintain municipal websites

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

     1    Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
     2  cle 13-E to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 13-E
     4                             MUNICIPAL WEBSITES
     5  Section 300. Municipal websites.
     6    § 300. Municipal websites. 1. All municipal corporations  shall  main-
     7  tain an official website with a ".gov" domain name that is accessible to
     8  the public and update such website regularly. The official website shall
     9  contain  basic information on the municipality including but not limited
    10  to hours of operations, elected officials  and  services  provided.  The
    11  website  shall  contain  a privacy policy that is prominently posted and
    12  written in plain language that informs website visitors of any  personal
    13  information that is being collected and how it is being used.
    14    2.  Municipal  websites  shall,  at  a  minimum, contain the following
    15  information:
    16    a. all documents required by subdivision seven of  section  thirty  of
    17  this chapter;
    18    b. notice of all municipal elections, public hearings and public meet-
    19  ings including regular board or legislative meetings;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05782-03-4
        S. 3353--A                          2

     1    c.  agenda  and  minutes  of municipal meetings as required by article
     2  seven of the public officers law; and
     3    d.  an  up  to date version of, or an active hyperlink to, the munici-
     4  pality's codes or local laws and resolutions.
     5    § 2.  Subdivision 7 of section 30 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
     6  added  by  section  10  of  part O of chapter 56 of the laws of 2008, is
     7  amended to read as follows:
     8    7. [To the extent practicable, each] Each municipal corporation  shall
     9  make  accessible  to  the public [via its official internet web site] on
    10  its official municipal website required under article thirteen-E of this
    11  chapter documentation pertaining to its  most  recent  annual  financial
    12  reports,  current  year budget, most recent independent audit report and
    13  most recent fiscal performance plan or multiyear financial plan required
    14  pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision ten of section fifty-four of  the
    15  state finance law, unless such information is covered by subdivision two
    16  of section eighty-seven of the public officers law.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    18  it shall have become a law.