 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7803
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 11, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  amending  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,
     2  as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public officers
     3  law  relating to amending the definition of a "public body", as proposed
     4  in legislative bills numbers S. 1625-a and A. 924-a, is amended to  read
     5  as follows:
     6    2.  "Public  body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in
     7  order to conduct public business and  which  consists  of  two  or  more
     8  members,  performing  a  governmental  function  for the state or for an
     9  agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined  in
    10  section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction  law, or committee or
    11  subcommittee or other similar body consisting of members of such  public
    12  body,  or an entity created or appointed to perform a necessary function
    13  in the decision-making process for which a quorum is required  in  order
    14  to  conduct public business and which consists of two or more members. A
    15  necessary function in the decision-making process shall not include  the
    16  provision  of  recommendations  or guidance which is purely advisory and
    17  which does not require further action by the state or agency or  depart-
    18  ment  thereof  or  public corporation as defined in section sixty-six of
    19  the general construction law.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    21  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public officers law
    22  relating  to  amending the definition of a "public body", as proposed in
    23  legislative bills numbers S. 1625-a and A. 924-a, takes effect.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02035-04-2
Amends the definition of a "public body"

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