A 522: Relates to the availability of agency records prior to or at an open meeting; removes the "to the extent practicable at least twenty-four hours" limitation from the requirement that agencies and departments shall make records available.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 522 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the availability of agency records prior to or at an open meeting The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 103 of the public officers law, 2 as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of 5 this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation, 6 policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of 7 discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made avail- 8 able, upon request therefor, [to the extent practicable at least twen- 9 ty-four hours] prior to the meeting during which the records will be 10 discussed. Copies of such records may be made available for a reasonable 11 fee, determined in the same manner as provided therefor in article six 12 of this chapter. If the agency in which a public body functions main- 13 tains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high 14 speed internet connection, such records shall be posted on the website 15 to the extent practicable at least twenty-four hours prior to the meet- 16 ing. An agency may, but shall not be required to, expend additional 17 moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivision. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02106-01-5