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Assembly Bill A6625

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the "online digital paperwork reduction act"

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2021-A6625 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1514
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6470
2013-2014: A6080
2015-2016: A5340
2017-2018: A10261, S4149
2019-2020: A6141, S1392
2023-2024: A4591, S5807
2025-2026: A2573, S2064

2021-A6625 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "online digital paperwork reduction act"; makes every state agency's reports, digests and records available on their respective websites.

2021-A6625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6625
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, ENGLEBRIGHT, DINOWITZ, BARRON, DICKENS,
   D. ROSENTHAL, J. RIVERA, HYNDMAN,  VANEL,  HUNTER,  BYRNE,  MORINELLO,
   BLANKENBUSH,  B. MILLER  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PALMESANO,
   THIELE -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
   Operations

 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "online
   digital paperwork reduction 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 "online digital paperwork reduction act".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  170-d  to
 read as follows:
   §  170-D.   AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS. EVERY STATE AGENCY IN THE STATE
 SHALL MAKE ITS ANNUAL REPORTS AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC  DOCUMENTS  AVAILABLE
 IN  A DIGITAL FORMAT ON ITS WEBSITE IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS SUCH REPORTS
 AND DOCUMENTS TO BE PRINTED. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM  "STATE
 AGENCY"  SHALL MEAN ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION, DIVISION,
 OFFICE, COUNCIL, COMMITTEE OR OFFICE OF  THE  STATE,  A  PUBLIC  BENEFIT
 CORPORATION OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03926-01-1

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