S 349: Relates to expanding the definition of agency; includes entities created by an agency or that are governed by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is designated by one or more state or local government officials in the definition of agency under the public officers law.
The bill aims to expand the definition of an "agency" under the Public Officers Law. An agency is now defined as any state or municipal department, board, or entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state or municipalities, as well as entities created by an agency governed by a board of directors with a majority designated by state or local government officials. The bill does not change the definition of an agency governing the judiciary or the state legislature. The bill takes effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law.
| Mar. 09, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Mar. 09, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Mar. 09, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Feb. 24, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Feb. 11, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 349 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding the definition of agency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as 2 added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 3 3. "Agency" means any state or municipal department, board, bureau, 4 division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation, 5 council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental 6 or proprietary function for the state or any one or more municipalities 7 thereof, as well as entities created by an agency and that are governed 8 by a board of directors or similar body a majority of which is desig- 9 nated by one or more state or local government officials, except the 10 judiciary or the state legislature. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01426-01-5