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                                  2899

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2011
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Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  GRIFFO,  JOHNSON,  LARKIN, MAZIARZ,
  RANZENHOFER -- 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] 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 AGENCY'S  HEAD-
ING  AND SENDING A PRINTED LETTER OR NOTICE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LEGIS-
LATURE, OR TO THE SPECIFIED LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS OR CHAIRPERSONS, AS THE
CASE MAY BE, INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH REPORT ON THIS WEBSITE;
AND
  (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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04879-01-1

              

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  (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
instructions on how to access the report from the agency's homepage, and
the  name  of  the person at the state agency to whom the legislator may
direct a request to obtain a printed copy of the report, free of charge,
if so desired.
  S  2.  Section  103 of the state technology law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
  18. TO ESTABLISH, ADMINISTER AND MAINTAIN  A  NEW  YORK  STATE  AGENCY
DOCUMENTS  WEBSITE  WHICH WILL INCLUDE POSTINGS OF ALL REPORTS ISSUED BY
STATE AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC  BENEFIT  CORPO-
RATIONS  OR ENTITIES WHENEVER STATE LAW REQUIRES A STATE AGENCY TO MAKE,
ISSUE, SUBMIT, DELIVER, DISTRIBUTE OR FORWARD A REPORT TO THE  "LEGISLA-
TURE"  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. IT SHALL BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY  OF  THE NEW YORK STATE AGENCY DOCUMENTS WEBSITE TO SERVE
AS THE CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR THE POSTING AND ARCHIVING OF ALL DOCUMENTS
PROVIDED TO THE LEGISLATURE AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.