Bill Text: NY S06225 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6225 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to providing for the use of video conferencing technology to broadcast certain proceedings of the workers' compensation board in the county of St. Lawrence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-06 - referred to labor [S06225 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06225-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6225
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 6, 2016
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       Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to  providing
         for video conferencing technology in the county of St. Lawrence
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The workers' compensation law is amended by  adding  a  new
    2  section 138 to read as follows:
    3    S  138.  VIDEO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY.  VIDEO CONFERENCING TECHNOLOGY
    4  SHALL BE UTILIZED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD TO FACIL-
    5  ITATE THE BROADCAST OF PROCEEDINGS AND HEARINGS AT A FORUM OPEN  TO  THE
    6  PUBLIC  IN  THE  COUNTY OF ST. LAWRENCE IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT BEFORE THE
    7  CHAIR OR THE BOARD.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11949-02-5