What's happening
This bill requires public bodies to post meeting notices online, email registered individuals, and provide project updates via email for significant projects.
Why it matters
Enhances public access and transparency. by requiring that meeting notices be posted online and emailed to anyone who registers, making it easier for the public to stay informed and involved in government decisions.
Empowers citizens with timely updates on major projects. , expanding beyond basic meeting notifications to include ongoing email updates about project milestones, contract awards, and environmental reviews—key details often of high public concern.
Facilitates accountability for significant public spending. by specifically targeting projects involving large expenditures or public interest, ensuring that the community can more easily track the use of public funds and the progress of important initiatives.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
793
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding requirements for public notification of public meetings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 104 of the public officers law, as added by chapter 511 of the laws of 1976 and such section as renumbered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows:
3. [The public notice provided for by this section shall not be construed to require publication as a legal notice] When a public body has the ability to do so, notice of the time and place of a meeting given in accordance with subdivision one or two of this section shall also:
a. be conspicuously posted on an internet website; and
b. be sent by electronic mail to any individuals who have registered with the public body to receive such notice by electronic mail.
3-a. To the extent practicable, a public body shall also establish a system for individuals to register for on-going electronic mails containing information on the status of its significant projects. Significant projects are projects determined by the public body to involve a major expenditure of public funds or are of significant interest to the public. These include, but are not limited to:
a. pending awards of contracts costing in excess of ten percent or more of the total projected project cost;
b. project timelines and milestones;
c. and the status of environmental impact statements on the projects conducted pursuant to local, state or federal law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05218-01-7
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