Assembly Bill A382

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format and access to such legal materials

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  • 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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2019-A382 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6030
Law Section:
State
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5631, S4606
2017-2018: A1922, S6136

2019-A382 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials.

2019-A382 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    382
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON, STIRPE, O'DONNELL, GALEF -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to direct the department of state to conduct a study on the use
   of legal material in an electronic format and  access  to  such  legal
   materials

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. (a) The department of state, in  consultation  with  any
 entity  that  the  secretary of state deems appropriate, shall conduct a
 study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that  guaran-
 tees 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 constitution 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;
   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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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