Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6030
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
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.
23 2. On or before November 1, 2020, the department of state shall submit
24 such study to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the speaker of the assembly and shall publicly post such study on the
2 department of state's website.
3 3. The department of state may request, and is authorized to receive,
4 any information from any state agency that is relevant and material to
5 the completion of such study. Such information received by the depart-
6 ment of state shall be subject to the same requirements for confiden-
7 tiality and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable to such state
8 agency's use of such information.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
