2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 10 - Office of General Services › 203-B - Additional Duties of the Commissioner Regarding Information on State Boards.

§  203-b.  Additional duties of the commissioner regarding information
  on state boards. 1. As used in this section,  "commissioner"  means  the
  commissioner   of   general  services  and,  "board"  means  any  board,
  commission, committee, council, task force or any similar  state  public
  organization,   required   to  be  established  pursuant  to  the  state
  constitution, state statutes or executive order, for the exercise of any
  function of state government and  to  which  members  are  appointed  or
  elected. "Board" does not include:
a. any informal advisory organization not established by law;
b. any joint standing committee of the legislature or any committee of
  the   assembly  and/or  senate  composed  entirely  of  members  of  the
  legislature;
c. any court;
d. the board of  trustees  of  any  institution  of  higher  education
  financially supported in whole or in part by the state;
e. any entity of local government;
f.  any  public authority or public benefit corporation, a majority of
  whose members are appointed by the  governor  or  serve  as  members  by
  virtue  of  holding  state  offices  to which they were appointed by the
  governor, or any combination thereof; and
g. any board of elections.
2. The commissioner  shall  maintain  a  list  of  all  state  boards,
  including  state boards deemed active and regularly meeting on and after
  the effective date of this section. The  commissioner  shall  keep  such
  list  on  a  website  designated  by the commissioner for the purpose of
  public access, and such list shall have a link to the website  for  each
  such  board  established  pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
  The designated website shall be updated annually.
3. Each board or the state agency that provides administrative support
  or is otherwise affiliated with a board shall establish and  maintain  a
  website  available  to  the public and provide a link to such website to
  the  commissioner.  Each  board  or  the  state  agency  that   provides
  administrative  support  or  is  otherwise affiliated with a board shall
  annually on or before January  first,  update  the  information  on  its
  website.
4.  The  website  established  by  each board or the state agency that
  provides administrative support or is otherwise affiliated with a  board
  shall include, but not be limited to:
a.  statutory  language,  executive  order  or  other  legal  basis or
  authorization for the establishment of such board;
b. public  information  including  departmental  affiliation,  contact
  address, phone number, and website;
c.  a  brief  description  of the purpose of the board and its legally
  required duties, including required reports or other products;
d. the size  of  board  membership,  current  member  names,  and  any
  qualifications;
e.  whether members of a board are eligible for payment of expenses or
  other compensation in the performance of their duties as members of such
  board and information on compensation and expenses incurred in the prior
  and current fiscal years, as well as  projected  costs  for  the  coming
  fiscal year;
f.  meeting  minutes  and agendas, dates and locations of all meetings
  held, and to be held within six months, or a location, including but not
  limited to another website, in which such information  can  be  publicly
  accessed;
g. geographic and other relevant qualifications of all current members
  of  the  board, including the county in which the member resides and the

  background or expertise the member possesses where  such  background  or
  expertise is required for membership on such board; and
h. any other information the commissioner may require. Nothing in this
  section shall authorize the release or publication of any board member's
  residential address.
5. Each board or the state agency that provides administrative support
  or  is otherwise affiliated with a board shall update on an annual basis
  beginning November first, two thousand twenty-three on its website,  all
  vacancies,  expired  terms,  terms  expiring  within  one  year, and the
  process for filling such vacancies on such boards.
6.  On  or  before  January  first,  two  thousand  twenty-four,   the
  commissioner  shall report to the governor, the speaker of the assembly,
  the temporary president  of  the  senate,  the  chair  of  the  assembly
  oversight,  analysis  and  investigation  committee and the chair of the
  senate investigations and government operations committee on the  status
  of  the  list including but not limited to the number of boards reported
  and verified. The commissioner shall also report on any  impediments  to
  obtaining information.