New York Senate Bill S07910 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7910  IN SENATE January 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 the definition of a "public body" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as 2 amended by chapter 115 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. "Public body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in 5 order to conduct public business and which consists of two or more 6 members, performing a governmental function for the state or for an 7 agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined in 8 section sixty-six of the general construction law, or committee or 9 subcommittee or other similar body consisting of members of such public 10 body, or any entity consisting of two or more members created by execu- 11 tive order of the governor, or an entity created or appointed to perform 12 a necessary function in the decision-making process for which a quorum 13 is required in order to conduct public business and which consists of 14 two or more members. A necessary function in the decision-making process 15 shall not include the provision of recommendations or guidance which is 16 purely advisory and which does not require further action by the state 17 or agency or department thereof or public corporation as defined in 18 section sixty-six of the general construction law. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11829-01-3