New York A 3342: Lowers quorum requirements for meetings of community boards held by videoconferencing

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A03342 Summary:

BILL NOA03342A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09705

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SPONSORBores

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §103-a, Pub Off L

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Provides that, for a quorum, an advisory board may require that at a minimum, one quarter of the members and the presiding officer of a community board physically be present at a location where the public can attend for such board to conduct videoconferencing.

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BILL NOA03342A

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01/27/2025referred to governmental operations

03/04/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

03/04/2025print number 3342a

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3342--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to lowering quorum
 requirements for meetings of community boards held by videoconferenc-
 ing

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 103-a of
 2 the public officers law, as added by section 2 of part WW of chapter 56
 3 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 A public body may, in its discretion, use videoconferencing to conduct
 5 its meetings pursuant to the requirements of this article provided that
 6 a minimum number of members are present to fulfill the public body's
 7 quorum requirement in the same physical location or locations where the
 8 public can attend, except that in the case of an advisory body, the
 9 advisory body may elect to require at minimum one quarter of the members
 10 and the relevant presiding officer to be present in such physical
 11 location or locations, and the following criteria are met:
 12 § 2. Section 103-a of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 13 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 14 6. For the purposes of this section, an "advisory body" shall be
 15 defined as an entity that is involved in an advisory capacity only;
 16 including but not limited to engagement in policy development, program
 17 planning, and program evaluation, and that may or may not vote to deter-
 18 mine a final policy or programmatic outcome, including but not limited
 19 to a community board in a city with a population of one million or more.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 21 the amendments to section 103-a of the public officers law made by
 22 sections one and two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 23 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01901-03-5

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