Senate Bill S2881

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to agency reports

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York State Printing and Public Documents Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12, NYS Print L; amd §103, St Tech L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7805
2013-2014: S798

2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to agency reports; requires such reports to be posted on line; provides for a letter or notice to be sent to members of the legislature indicating the website address and the name of the person at such state agency to whom a legislator may request a printed copy of such report.

2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2881

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 and
  the state technology law, in relation to agency reports

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 12 of the New York state printing
and public documents law, as added by chapter 524 of the laws  of  2005,
is amended to read as follows:
  4.  (a)  Whenever  state  law  requires a state agency to make, issue,
submit, deliver, distribute or forward a report to the "legislature"  or
to  "members of the legislature" or to "both houses of the legislature,"
or to any particular legislative officers or chairpersons of legislative
committees, subcommittees or commissions, the agency shall satisfy  such
requirement by [either]:
  (i) [making, issuing, submitting, delivering, distributing or forward-
ing  a  printed copy of the report to each member of the legislature, or
to the specified legislative officers or chairpersons, as the  case  may
be;  or]  MAKING  SUCH  DOCUMENT  AVAILABLE ON THE NEW YORK STATE AGENCY
DOCUMENTS WEBSITE, AS AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION  ONE
HUNDRED  THREE  OF THE STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW, UNDER THE APPROPRIATE AGEN-
CY'S HEADING AND SENDING A PRINTED LETTER OR NOTICE TO  EACH  MEMBER  OF
THE  LEGISLATURE,  OR  TO  THE  SPECIFIED LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS OR CHAIR-
PERSONS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH  REPORT
ON THIS WEBSITE; AND BY
  (ii)  making  such  document  available  on  its website and sending a
printed letter or notice to each member of the legislature,  or  to  the
specified  legislative  officers  or  chairpersons,  as the case may be,
indicating the availability of such report on the agency's website.
  (b) Such letter or notice shall  include  the  name  of  the  specific
report,  the specific web address at which the report can be accessed or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03222-01-1
              

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