Bill Text: NY S07333 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that a public body of a municipal corporation may conduct a meeting via video conference if the public body: provides an opportunity for the public to contemporaneously view and listen to such meeting online, makes a video recording of the meeting and posts the recording on the public body's website within five business days of the meeting; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S07333 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07333-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7333 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE August 18, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to conducting meet- ings of public bodies via video conference technology or via simul- taneous video conference and in-person The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of section 103 of the public officers law, as 2 added by chapter 289 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 3 (c) (i) A public body that uses videoconferencing to conduct its meet- 4 ings shall provide an opportunity for the public to attend, listen and 5 observe at any site at which a member participates. 6 (ii) In the alternative, a public body of a municipal corporation as 7 defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law may conduct 8 a meeting via video conference or via simultaneous video conference and 9 in-person if the public body: (1) provides an opportunity for the public 10 to contemporaneously view and listen to such meeting online; (2) makes a 11 video recording of the meeting; and (3) posts the recording on the 12 public body's website within five business days of the meeting. In 13 addition, upon request of a member of the public, the public body must 14 make available a specific location within the jurisdiction of the munic- 15 ipal corporation for the public to view and listen to such meeting 16 online, provided the request is received at least forty-eight hours 17 prior to the time the meeting is scheduled to begin. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11481-02-1