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Assembly Bill A3513

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "public internet access safety act"

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2013-A3513 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง843-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6602
2011-2012: A210
2015-2016: A264

2013-A3513 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "public internet access safety act"; authorizes the division of criminal justice services to direct public library systems to place certain warnings of internet dangers for children on such library system's internet homepage, including but not limited to, warnings of sexual predators, safe blogging, "dealing with cyber bullies" and social networking safety.

2013-A3513 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3513

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  the  "public
  internet access safety act"

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

  Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
the "public internet access safety act".
  S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 843-a to
read as follows:
  S 843-A. PUBLIC LIBRARY HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET; WARNING.    NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
THE  DIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN INTERNET WEBSITE PROVIDING
INFORMATION TO MINORS ON THE  POTENTIAL  DANGERS  TO  MINORS  USING  THE
INTERNET  CONCERNING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, SEXUAL PREDATORS, SAFE BLOG-
GING, ON-LINE BULLYING, SOCIAL NETWORKING SAFETY, AND SUCH OTHER  INTER-
NET  SAFETY  INFORMATION  AS  THE  DIVISION DEEMS APPROPRIATE, AND EVERY
PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM SHALL MAKE THE HOMEPAGE OF THIS WEBSITE THE  HOME-
PAGE  OF  ITS  WEBSITE  PROVIDING  INTERNET ACCESS TO MINORS IN A PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05093-01-3

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