Requires that agency reports which are to be submitted to the legislature shall be made available online on the websites of the legislative library, senate and assembly as both viewable and downloadable.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7796
IN SENATE
May 12, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the New York state printing and public documents law, in
relation to accessibility of certain agency reports
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 12 of the New York state printing and public docu-
2 ments law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. The state library and legislative library shall develop and main-
4 tain a public webpage, accessible through the websites of the state
5 library, senate and assembly, which provides access to viewable and
6 downloadable copies of those agency reports which are required by state
7 law to be submitted to the legislature as specified in subdivision four
8 of this section. Such agencies shall provide an electronic copy of their
9 reports to the state library and legislative library in formats speci-
10 fied by such libraries.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
12 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15370-01-6
