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S07958 Summary:

BILL NOS07958
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06959-A
 
SPONSORMARCHIONE
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §104, Pub Off L
 
Relates to giving public notice of meetings through electronic means; allows notice to be given by posting through electronic means or electronic transmission.
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S07958 Memo:

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S07958 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7958
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 31, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to giving public
          notice of meetings through electronic means
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 104 of the public officers
     2  law, as amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such  section  as
     3  renumbered  by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, are amended and subdivi-
     4  sion 5 is renumbered subdivision 6 and a new subdivision 5 is  added  to
     5  read as follows:
     6    1. Public notice of the time and place of a meeting scheduled at least
     7  one  week  prior thereto shall be given or electronically transmitted to
     8  the news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or  more  desig-
     9  nated public locations at least seventy-two hours before such meeting.
    10    2. Public notice of the time and place of every other meeting shall be
    11  given  or  electronically transmitted, to the extent practicable, to the
    12  news media and shall be conspicuously posted in one or  more  designated
    13  public locations at a reasonable time prior thereto.
    14    5.  If  a  meeting will be streamed live over the internet, the public
    15  notice for the meeting shall inform the public of the  internet  address
    16  of the website streaming such meeting.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09983-03-6
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