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A00382 Summary:

A00382 Actions:

A00382 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Titus      
DATE:05/21/2019AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable         
Titus
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Glick
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Kim
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye
Williams
Aye
Epstein
Aye

A00382 Floor Votes:

A00382 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           382
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON, STIRPE, O'DONNELL, GALEF -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN  ACT  to direct the department of state to conduct a study on the use
          of legal material in an electronic format and  access  to  such  legal
          materials

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. 1. (a) The department of state, in  consultation  with  any
     2  entity  that  the  secretary of state deems appropriate, shall conduct a
     3  study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that  guaran-
     4  tees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials of the state
     5  of  New York. For the purposes of this act, "legal material" shall mean,
     6  whether or not in effect: the constitution of the state of New York; the
     7  laws of the state of New York; any  state  agency  rule,  regulation  or
     8  decision  that  has  or had the effect of law; material published in the
     9  New York register; and the New York code of rules and regulations.
    10    (b) The study shall include, but not be limited to:
    11    i. standards regarding the use, authentication, preservation,  securi-
    12  ty,  and  public  access  of legal material, and the fiscal implications
    13  thereof;
    14    ii. the needs of users of legal material in an electronic format;
    15    iii. views of stakeholders  pertaining  to  the  authentication,  use,
    16  preservation, and security of legal materials in an electronic format;
    17    iv. methods and technologies used for the authentication, use, preser-
    18  vation  and security of legal material, technology used by the state and
    19  other states to disseminate legal material; and
    20    v. current practices of the state of New York with regard  to  session
    21  laws, the code of statutes, the register, administrative code, and court
    22  opinions in both electronic and non-electronic format.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01821-01-9
        A. 382                              2
 
     1    2. On or before November 1, 2020, the department of state shall submit
     2  such  study  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
     3  the speaker of the assembly and shall publicly post such  study  on  the
     4  department of state's website.
     5    3.  The department of state may request, and is authorized to receive,
     6  any information from any state agency that is relevant and  material  to
     7  the  completion  of such study. Such information received by the depart-
     8  ment of state shall be subject to the same  requirements  for  confiden-
     9  tiality  and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable to such state
    10  agency's use of such information.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.