[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Washington
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-11-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
It is the intent of this article to give the Town's public
bodies, as that term is defined in the Public Officers Law § 102,
the authority to participate in meetings via videoconference in a
manner consistent with the Town's videoconferencing policy and
the authority granted in Public Officers Law § 103-a.
This article is adopted pursuant to Public Officers Law § 103-a,
which expressly authorizes a Town Board to adopt a local law giving
public bodies of the Town the authority to participate in meetings
via videoconference from locations not accessible to the public so
long as a quorum of the public body participates from locations where
the public may be physically present and other conditions are met.
The Town Board of the Town of Washington hereby authorizes all
members of the Town's public bodies to participate in meetings
using videoconferencing technology in a manner consistent with Public
Officers Law § 103-a and the Town's videoconferencing
policy adopted by the Town Board.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of
this article, or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation,
or circumstance, shall be adjusted or adjudicated by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order
of judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof,
but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,
subdivision, or part of this article, or in its application to the
person, individual, firm or corporation or circumstance, directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall
be rendered.
This article shall take effect immediately upon filing with
the New York Secretary of State.
