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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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783
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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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 general municipal law, in relation to removing
certain requirements for official websites of small municipalities;
and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general
municipal law relating to requiring municipalities to maintain munic-
ipal websites, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and
A. 2852-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 300 of the general municipal law, as added by a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general municipal law relating
to requiring municipalities to maintain municipal websites, as proposed
in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and A. 2852-A, is amended to read
as follows:
§ 300. Municipal websites. 1. All municipal corporations HAVING A
POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE LATEST PRECEDING DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS,
EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PERSONS, shall main-
tain an official website with a ".gov" domain name that is accessible to
the public and update such website regularly[. The], AS FOLLOWS: THE
official website shall contain basic information on the municipality
including but not limited to hours of operations, elected officials and
services provided[. The] AND THE website shall contain a privacy policy
that is prominently posted and written in plain language that informs
website visitors of any personal information that is being collected and
how it is being used; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
HAVING A POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE LATEST PRECEDING DECENNIAL FEDERAL
CENSUS, OF LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PERSONS, SHALL COMPLY
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT HOSTS ITS OFFI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02683-01-5
S. 783 2
CIAL WEBSITE ON ANOTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION'S ".GOV" UNIFORM RESOURCE
LOCATOR (URL) WILL SATISFY THIS SECTION'S REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN AN
OFFICIAL WEBSITE WITH A ".GOV" DOMAIN NAME.
2. [Municipal] ALL MUNICIPAL websites OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS HAVING
A POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE LATEST PRECEDING DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS,
EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PERSONS shall, at a
minimum, contain the following information:
a. all documents required by subdivision seven of section thirty of
this chapter;
b. notice of all municipal elections, public hearings and public meet-
ings including regular board or legislative meetings;
c. agenda and minutes of municipal meetings as required by article
seven of the public officers law; and
d. an up to date version of, or an active hyperlink to, the munici-
pality's codes or local laws and resolutions; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT ANY
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION HAVING A POPULATION, AS SHOWN BY THE LATEST
PRECEDING DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS, OF LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED PERSONS, SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO THE
EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
§ 2. Subdivision 7 of section 30 of the general municipal law, as
amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general municipal
law relating to requiring municipalities to maintain municipal
websites, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and A.
2852-A, is amended to read as follows:
7. Each municipal corporation shall make accessible to the public on
its [official] municipal website required under article thirteen-E of
this chapter documentation pertaining to its most recent annual finan-
cial reports, current year budget, most recent independent audit report
and most recent fiscal performance plan or multiyear financial plan
required pursuant to paragraph g of subdivision ten of section fifty-
four of the state finance law, unless such information is covered by
subdivision two of section eighty-seven of the public officers law.
§ 3. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general
municipal law relating to requiring municipalities to maintain munici-
pal websites, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and A.
2852-A, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect [on the one hundred eightieth day] ONE
YEAR after it shall have become a law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
section one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general
municipal law relating to requiring municipalities to maintain munic-
ipal websites, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and A.
2852-A, takes effect.Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.