STATE OF NEW YORK
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1150--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 7, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. KAPLAN, COONEY, GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to making certain
documents available for open meetings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 103 of the public officers law,
2 as added by chapter 603 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of
5 this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation,
6 policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of
7 discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made avail-
8 able, upon request therefor, to the extent practicable [as determined by
9 the agency or the department,] at least twenty-four hours prior to [or
10 at] the meeting during which the records will be discussed. Copies of
11 such records may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in
12 the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter. If
13 the agency in which a public body functions maintains a regularly and
14 routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection,
15 such records shall be posted on the website to the extent practicable
16 [as determined by the agency or the department,] at least twenty-four
17 hours prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to,
18 expend additional moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivi-
19 sion.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
21 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02143-03-1
