Bill Text: NY S06718 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the disclosure of records and meetings by the port authority of New York and New Jersey to the public; provides that the state law with the greatest rights of access shall be deemed to apply where laws conflict.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-27 - APPROVAL MEMO.28 [S06718 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06718-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6718--B
           Cal. No. 333
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 3, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, GOLDEN, LANZA, HOYLMAN, PERKINS, SQUA-
         DRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
         ted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and  Commissions  --
         reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
         report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
         retaining  its place in the order of third reading -- reported favora-
         bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
         to  a  third  reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly,
         recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third  reading,  amended  and
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port
         authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to the disclosure of
         records and meetings
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to
    2  the port authority of New York and New Jersey is amended by adding a new
    3  article XV-B to read as follows:
    4                                 ARTICLE XV-B.
    5    1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, THE RECORDS  OF  THE
    6  PORT  AUTHORITY AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS ITS COMMITTEES AND
    7  SUBCOMMITTEES CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE COMMISSIONERS, SHALL BE OPEN  TO
    8  THE  PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK, ARTICLES 6, 6-A AND
    9  7 OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, AND NEW  JERSEY,  P.L.  1963,  C.  73  (C.
   10  47:1A-1  ET  SEQ.)  AND  THE "SENATOR BYRON M. BAER OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS
   11  ACT," P.L. 1975,  C. 231 (C. 10:4-6 ET SEQ.), PERTAINING TO THE  DISCLO-
   12  SURE  OF  GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO MEETINGS OF GOVERNMENT
   13  BODIES.
   14    2. WHEN THERE IS AN INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF  NEW
   15  YORK  AND  THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE LAW OF THE STATE THAT
   16  PROVIDED THE GREATEST RIGHTS OF ACCESS ON THE DATE THAT THE  CHAPTER  OF
   17  THE LAWS OF 2014 THAT ADDED THIS ARTICLE BECAME A LAW SHALL APPLY.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14027-07-4
       S. 6718--B                          2
    1    3. THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES OF
    2  THE  STATE  OF NEW YORK OR P.L. 1963, C. 73 (C. 47:1A-1 ET SEQ.) AND THE
    3  "SENATOR BYRON M. BAER OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT," P.L. 1975, C. 231  (C.
    4  10:4-6  ET SEQ.), OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AS APPLICABLE, SHALL APPLY
    5  TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
    6    S 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
    7  sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
    8  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
    9  impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
   10  its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
   11  or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
   12  ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
   13  the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
   14  invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   15    S 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment  into  law  by  the
   16  state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
   17  act, but if the state of New Jersey  shall  have  already  enacted  such
   18  legislation, this act shall take effect immediately. The chairman of the
   19  port  authority  shall  notify  the legislative bill drafting commission
   20  upon the enactment into law of such legislation by both such  states  in
   21  order  that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective
   22  data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in
   23  furtherance  of effecting the provision of section 44 of the legislative
   24  law and section 70-b of the public officers law.