Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to finance |
Apr 05, 2011 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Feb 02, 2011 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S2881
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- New York State Printing and Public Documents Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §12, NYS Print L; amd §103, St Tech L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S7805
2013-2014: S798
2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to agency reports; requires such reports to be posted on line; provides for a letter or notice to be sent to members of the legislature indicating the website address and the name of the person at such state agency to whom a legislator may request a printed copy of such report.
2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2881 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the New York state printing and public documents law and the state technology law, in relation to agency reports PURPOSE: To eliminate excessive paperwork while ensuring that state legislators and legislative staff have access, via the Internet, to important state agency publications. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 -- Amends subdivision 4 of section 12 of the New York State printing and public Documents Law. Establishes that when a report is required to be created by a state agency, the agency must notify the appropriate legislative offices that the document will be posted on the New York State Agency Documents Website. Section 2 -- Amends section 103 of the State Technology Law to create the New York State Agency Documents website. This web-based database will allow state legislators, legislative staff members, and the public to have access to all reports that are required, by legislation, to be created.
2011-S2881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2881 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the New York state printing and public documents law and the state technology law, in relation to agency reports THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 12 of the New York state printing and public documents law, as added by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 4. (a) Whenever state law requires a state agency to make, issue, submit, deliver, distribute or forward a report to the "legislature" or to "members of the legislature" or to "both houses of the legislature," or to any particular legislative officers or chairpersons of legislative committees, subcommittees or commissions, the agency shall satisfy such requirement by [either]: (i) [making, issuing, submitting, delivering, distributing or forward- ing a printed copy of the report to each member of the legislature, or to the specified legislative officers or chairpersons, as the case may be; or] MAKING SUCH DOCUMENT AVAILABLE ON THE NEW YORK STATE AGENCY DOCUMENTS WEBSITE, AS AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW, UNDER THE APPROPRIATE AGEN- CY'S HEADING AND SENDING A PRINTED LETTER OR NOTICE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR TO THE SPECIFIED LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS OR CHAIR- PERSONS, AS THE CASE MAY BE, INDICATING THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH REPORT ON THIS WEBSITE; AND BY (ii) making such document available on its website and sending a printed letter or notice to each member of the legislature, or to the specified legislative officers or chairpersons, as the case may be, indicating the availability of such report on the agency's website. (b) Such letter or notice shall include the name of the specific report, the specific web address at which the report can be accessed or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03222-01-1
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