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                                   8989
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2020
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 Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019 directing the department
   of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in  an  elec-
   tronic  format  and  access  to  such  legal materials, as proposed in
   legislative bills numbers S.6030 and A.382, in relation to the  imple-
   mentation of such study
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of  2019  directing  the
 department  of  state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in
 an electronic format and access to such legal materials, as proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  S.6030  and  A.382,  is  amended to read as
 follows:
   Section 1. 1. (a) The [department  of  state]  OFFICE  OF  INFORMATION
 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, in consultation with any entity that the [secretary
 of  state]  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
 deems appropriate, shall conduct a study on the use of legal material in
 an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and  access  to
 such  legal materials of the state of New York. For the purposes of this
 act, "legal material" shall mean, whether or not in effect: the  consti-
 tution  of the state of New York; the laws of the state of New York; any
 state agency rule, regulation or decision that has or had the effect  of
 law;  material published in the New York register; and the New York code
 of rules and regulations.
   (b) The study shall include, but not be limited to:
   i. standards regarding the use, authentication, preservation,  securi-
 ty,  and  public  access  of legal material, and the fiscal implications
 thereof;
   ii. the needs of users of legal material in an electronic format;
   iii. views of stakeholders  pertaining  to  the  authentication,  use,
 preservation, and security of legal materials in an electronic format;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   iv. methods and technologies used for the authentication, use, preser-
 vation  and security of legal material, technology used by the state and
 other states to disseminate legal material; and
   v.  current  practices of the state of New York with regard to session
 laws, the code of statutes, the register, administrative code, and court
 opinions in both electronic and non-electronic format.
   2. On or before November 1, 2020, the [department of state] OFFICE  OF
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES shall submit such study to the governor,
 the  temporary  president  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly
 and shall publicly post such study on the [department of state's] OFFICE
 OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES' website.
   3. The [department of state] OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
 may request, and is authorized to  receive,  any  information  from  any
 state  agency  that  is  relevant and material to the completion of such
 study. Such information received by the [department of state] OFFICE  OF
 INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  SERVICES  shall be subject to the same require-
 ments for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as are  appli-
 cable to such state agency's use of such information.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of  2019  directing  the  department  of
 state  to  conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic
 format and access to such legal materials, as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S.6030 and A.382, takes effect.