Village of North Hills, NY Chapter 40 Executive Sessions

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of North Hills 3-28-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001 (Ch. 17 of the 1982 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Code of Ethics — See Ch. 36.

Freedom of Information — See Ch. 70, Art. I.

§ 40-1 Disclosure prohibited; exceptions.

Unless otherwise required by law, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, no Village officer or employee, and no other person present at an executive session of any board or agency of the Village of North Hills, shall disclose, by any means, any matter or information discussed or deliberated upon, or any action or determination taken or made, during a properly convened executive session of such board or agency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such officer, employee or other person may disclose the nature and content of any such discussion, deliberation, action or determination only to the extent necessary to effectuate, implement or enforce any such action or determination, or to prepare official minutes for the executive session. [1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former § 17-2, Penalties for offenses, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

§ 40-2 Enforcement.

In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Village may institute such legal or equitable proceedings as may be available to prevent a violation of this chapter.