[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of LaFayette
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-11-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
It is the intent of this article to give the Town's public
bodies (as that term is defined in Public Officers Law § 102)
the authority to participate in meetings via videoconferencing in
a manner consistent with the Town's videoconferencing policy[1] and the authority granted in Public Officers Law § 103-a.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said policy is on file in the Town offices.
This article is adopted pursuant to Public Officer's Law
§ 103-a, which expressly authorizes the Town Board to adopt
a local law giving the Town public bodies 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 LaFayette 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[1] adopted by the Town Board.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said policy is on file in the Town offices.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of
this article or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation,
or circumstances, shall be adjusted by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or 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 Secretary of State.
