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FOIL amended

FOIL amended
Source: Office of the Governor

Governor Paterson signed a number of bills enhancing the State?s Open Meetings Law.
The bills include:

1. A.5873/S.4284, which provides that public meetings are to be held in facilities that are able to accommodate members of the public;

2. A.10093/S.3195, which requires State and local governments to establish rules to accommodate photographs, audio or video recording of open meetings; and

3. A.10196/S.7054, which expands to the remedies a court can impose when it finds a violation of the Open Meetings Law.

An earlier form of A.10196/S.7054 was vetoed by Governor Paterson last year because it would have authorized courts to imposed monetary penalties on localities that violate the law. The revised bill requires training for those found to have violated FOIL in conducting public business.

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on April 15, 2010 (boomark / email).