Assembly Bill A5000

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires all state agencies to provide paper copies of the forms they utilize to individuals and commercial entities required to file such forms

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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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2015-A5000 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10954
2011-2012: A3889
2013-2014: A4428
2017-2018: A6317
2019-2020: A6959
2021-2022: A5501
2023-2024: A4302

2015-A5000 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all state agencies to provide paper copies of the forms they utilize to individuals and commercial entities required to file such forms.

2015-A5000 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5000

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. FINCH, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Governmental
  Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to requiring all state
  agencies to provide paper copies of the forms they utilize to individ-
  uals and commercial entities required to file such forms

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 170-c
to read as follows:
  S 170-C. PAPER COPIES OF REQUIRED FORMS  TO  BE  PROVIDED.  ANY  STATE
AGENCY  THAT  REQUIRES THE FILING OF A FORM OR FORMS BY A RESIDENT INDI-
VIDUAL OR BY A COMMERCIAL ENTITY LOCATED WITHIN  THE  STATE  SHALL  MAIL
SUCH INDIVIDUAL OR COMMERCIAL ENTITY A PAPER COPY OF SUCH FORM OR FORMS.
INDIVIDUALS  AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES MAY FILE SUCH FORM OR FORMS BY MAIL
OR IN PERSON AND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ANY FORM OR FORMS ELEC-
TRONICALLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08557-01-5

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