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History
- Substituted by A10052A
- Amended on third reading 7369a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to governmental operations
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.413
- Referred to finance
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Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information about state boards
Vetoed · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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BILL NUMBER:S7369A
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to information on state boards
Purpose
To create a centralized compilation of information about state boards which is available to the public.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends the executive law by adding a new section 100-A which defines "board" and requires the secretary of state to maintain a compi- lation of the membership, duties, meeting and contact information, and products of all state boards. The secretary of state must keep such inventory in a public record available on the Department of State website.
This section also provides that all boards, or the state agencies they advise, shall annually submit to the secretary of state all information needed to facilitate these publication requirements, and that the secre- tary of State must update the list annually.
This section provides that all boards, or the state agencies they advise, must also provide to the secretary of state on an annual basis all costs associated with these boards for the prior year, and antic- ipated costs for the coming year, The public can then access this infor- mation upon request of the secretary of state.
Section two provides the effective date.
Justification
No complete public inventory of state commissions, boards, councils, task forces, or similar bodies exists in New York. As a result, it is difficult, if not impossible, for New Yorkers to have an understanding of existing boards, their composition, purpose or legal responsibil- ities. In fact, the Committee on Oversight, Analysis & Investigation recently completed a review of more than one hundred statutorily author- ized boards, task forces, and commissions, and discovered that only about half have information online, public meetings are listed for only thirty percent, and contact information was readily found for only forty-five percent.
Forty-one states have some form of centralized compilation or list of state boards. This legislation would bring New York in line with the majority of states which already provide this information to their citi- zens, and enable New Yorkers to easily find information about boards they are interested in. Overall, this is an important step in improving accountability and increasing government transparency.
This information will also enable oversight authorities, such as legis- lative committees, to make recommendations to merge boards with duplica- tive duties and purposes or eliminate non-functioning boards.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect April 1, 2011.
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