Assembly Bill A8821

                            
 
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                                   8821
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 6, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT creating a temporary state commission to  study  and  investigate
   how  to regulate artificial intelligence; and providing for the repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  A temporary state commission, to be known as the New York
 state artificial intelligence commission (hereinafter "commission"),  is
 hereby  created to study and make determinations on issues including but
 not limited to:
   (a) current law within this state addressing artificial intelligence;
   (b) comparative state policies that have aided in creating a regulato-
 ry structure for artificial  intelligence,  and  whether  such  measures
 would be similarly effective in this state;
   (c) criminal and civil liability regarding violations of law caused by
 entities equipped with artificial intelligence;
   (d) the impact of artificial intelligence on employment in this state;
   (e) the impact of artificial intelligence on the acquiring and disclo-
 sure of confidential information;
   (f)  potential  restrictions  on the use of artificial intelligence in
 weaponry; and
   (g) the potential impact on the technology industry of any  regulatory
 measures proposed by this study.
   § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
 follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
 by  the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority leader
 of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
 and one by the minority leader of  the  assembly.  The  members  of  the
 commission  shall  serve  at  the  pleasure  of  the official making the
 appointment of such member. Of the five members appointed by the  gover-

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

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 nor,  two  shall  be from the office of information technology services.
 Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall  be  filled  in  the
 manner  provided for original appointments. Membership on the commission
 shall not constitute a public office. A chairperson and vice-chairperson
 of  the  commission  shall  be elected by a majority of its members, all
 members being present.
   § 3. The members of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  The  commission  may  conduct  any hearings or take any written
 testimony as it deems necessary, and shall take all other  steps  neces-
 sary  to  provide  a  thorough  analysis  of  all  issues related to the
 provisions listed in section one of this act.
   § 5. The commission shall issue its final report  no  later  than  one
 hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act. The commission
 shall  issue its final report to the governor, the speaker of the assem-
 bly, the minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the
 senate, and the minority leader of the senate.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire one  year
 after such date.