[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.
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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.
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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.