Bill Text: NY S06030 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - approval memo.24 [S06030 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06030-Introduced.html

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                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.