NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4584

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2017-S4584 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§86 & 89, add §88-a, rpld §88 sub 1, Pub Off L; add §57.06, Arts & Cul L; rpld §5, amd §713, Exec L; add §33-a, Leg L; rpld §70-0113, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4307
2019-2020: S3940
2021-2022: S3043
2023-2024: S3062

2017-S4584 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the retention of state records; repeals provisions relating to rules and regulations governing access to state legislative records; repeals provisions relating to executive records; repeals provisions relating to information confidentially disclosed by applicants.

2017-S4584 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4584

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public officers law, the arts
and cultural affairs law, the executive law and the legislative law,
in relation to the retention of state electronic records; to repeal
subdivision 1 of section 88 of the public officers law, relating to
rules and regulations governing access to state legislative records;
to repeal section 5 of the executive law, relating to executive
records; and to repeal section 70-0113 of the environmental
conservation law, relating to information confidentially disclosed by
applicants

 PURPOSE :

To establish procedures for retention of and access to state
electronic records and include the state legislature in the provisions
of the freedom of information law currently applicable to state
agencies.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 is the legislative intent.

Section 2 amends subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers
law to include the legislature in provisions of the freedom of
information law that apply to state agencies and to define archives

for the purpose of this section.

Section 3 repeals subdivision 1 of section 88 of the public officers
law, removing the role of the temporary president of the Senate and
speaker of the Assembly in setting rules for access to legislative
records.

Section 4 adds a new section 88-a to the public officers law requiring
agencies, in conjunction with the state archives, to preserve
electronic records. Records for policy makers as defined by section
73-a of the public officers law will be required to be retained by the
agency for not less than fifteen years before transfer to the archives
for permanent retention. Records of other state employees will be
required to be retained by the agency for not less than seven years
before transfer to the state archives which will determine what
records should be retained by the archive. Establishes standards for
the production, cataloging and format of electronic records.
Establishes rules for challenging failure to comply with these
requirements, including a right of private action.

Section 5 amends subdivision 2 of section 89 of the public officers
law to protect the privacy of individual constituents who seek a
legislator's assistance with personal matters.

Section 6 amends section 57.06 of the arts and cultural affairs law to
require the state archive establish a protocol for preservation of
electronic records consistent with this law.

Section 7 repeals section 5 of the executive law removing the role of
the governor in setting rules for handling executive records.

Section 8 amends subdivision 3 of section 713 of the executive law to
update cross-references to public officers law.

Section 9 adds a new section 33-a to the legislative law subjecting
legislative employees to article six of the public officers law.

Section 10 repeals section 70-0113 of the environmental conservation
law, removing reference to separate handling of legislative records
under the freedom of information law.
Section 11 is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Procedures and practice that promote transparency and accountability
in the executive and legislative branches serve the public interest
and encourage public faith in government. Current policies which allow
for the destruction of emails and other electronic governmental
records and exempt the legislature from the Freedom of Information Law
(FOIL) run counter to these principles of transparency and
accountability.

Computers and other electronic devices create many of the new records
we use today, most commonly via emails. These records, although
electronic in format, are the same as records in other formats.
Electronic records show how you conduct business, make decisions, and
carry out your work. They are evidence of decisions and actions.
Fundamental records management principles should apply to electronic
records, as they apply to other record formats.

The executive branch has adopted a policy allowing automatic deletion
of emails after 90 days, which has the potential to severely limit the
public availability of vital information regarding the operations of
agencies. The consequences of such a policy are illustrated in a 2015
court case where the former Deputy Secretary for Gaming and Racing
indicated he was "aghast" to find that emails dating from 2013
relevant to the litigation matter had been deleted. The deletion of
these emails undermines the ability of the plaintiff in the case to
seek a full redress of the issues. An administration spokesman
defended deletion of the emails on the grounds they had not been the
subject of a FOIL request.

This legislation would ensure that under the guidance of the State
Archives, agencies and legislative bodies would need to take a
proactive approach to the preservation of electronic records. It would
establish strict standards for permanent preservation of the records
of policymakers, and prohibit deletion of emails from other government
officials for at least seven years. It is modeled on federal policies
adopted after extensive study of appropriate practices for handling
electronic records. The state already uses email management software
that would enable implementation of such a policy at minimal cost.

The exemption of the legislature from the Freedom of Information Law
also undermines transparency and accountability. The public should
have full access to the same types of information from the legislature
that it can already access from the Executive Branch through the FOIL
process. Recent scandals involving individual legislators only
highlight the need for increasing the availability of information
regarding legislative records. This bill would establish the same
standards for treating the Executive and Legislative branches under
FOIL. The bill would also extend to the legislature the various
exemptions from disclosure in the FOIL law, including records that
would compromise personal privacy rights or that are related to
internal deliberations of the body or agency.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: S.4307-A/A.6078-A

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
One hundred and twenty days after becoming law.

2017-S4584 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4584
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER,  COMRIE,  HAMILTON,  MONTGOMERY, PARKER,
   PERALTA, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
   to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on Investigations and Government
   Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the arts and  cultural  affairs
   law,  the  executive  law  and the legislative law, in relation to the
   retention of state electronic records;  to  repeal  subdivision  1  of
   section  88  of  the  public officers law, relating to rules and regu-
   lations governing access  to  state  legislative  records;  to  repeal
   section  5 of the executive law, relating to executive records; and to
   repeal section 70-0113 of the environmental conservation law, relating
   to information confidentially disclosed by applicants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. The legislature finds that procedures
 and practice that promote transparency and accountability in the  execu-
 tive  and  legislative  branches serve the public interest and encourage
 public faith in government. Government  policies  which  allow  for  the
 destruction  of  emails  and  other  electronic governmental records and
 exempt the legislature from the Freedom of Information  Law  (FOIL)  run
 counter to these principles of transparency and accountability.
   Computers  and other electronic devices create many of the new records
 we use today, most commonly via email. These records, although electron-
 ic in format, are the same as records produced in other  formats.  Elec-
 tronic  records  show  how  one  conducts business, makes decisions, and
 carries out the people's  work.  They  are  evidence  of  decisions  and
 actions.    Fundamental  records  management  principles should apply to
 electronic records, as they apply to any record formats.
   The executive branch has adopted a policy allowing automatic  deletion
 of  emails  after 90 days, which has the potential to severely limit the
 public availability of vital information  regarding  the  operations  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06264-01-7

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 agencies.  The  consequences  of such a policy are illustrated in a 2015
 judicial proceeding where the former Deputy  Secretary  for  Gaming  and
 Racing  indicated  he  was "aghast" to find that emails dating from 2013
 relevant  to  the  case  had  been deleted. The deletion of these emails
 undermines the ability of the plaintiff in the case to seek redress.  An
 administration  spokesman  defended deletion of the emails on the ground
 they had not been the subject of a FOIL request.
   This legislation would ensure that under the  guidance  of  the  State
 Archives, agencies and legislative bodies must take a proactive approach
 to  the  preservation  of  electronic records. It would establish strict
 standards for permanent preservation of the records of policymakers, and
 prohibit deletion of emails from government officials for at least seven
 years. It is modeled on federal policies adopted after  extensive  study
 of  appropriate  practices  for  handling  electronic records. The state
 already uses email management software that would enable  implementation
 of such a policy at minimal cost.
   Moreover,  the exemption of the legislature from presumption of access
 in the Freedom of  Information  Law  also  undermines  transparency  and
 accountability.  The  public  should  have  access  to the same types of
 information from the legislature that it can  already  access  from  the
 Executive Branch and local government agencies through the FOIL process.
 Recent scandals involving individual legislators only highlight the need
 for  increasing  the  availability  of information regarding legislative
 records. This bill would establish the same standards for  treating  the
 Executive  and  Legislative  branches  under  FOIL.  The bill would also
 extend to the legislature the various exemptions from disclosure in  the
 FOIL  law,  including  records  that  would  compromise personal privacy
 rights or that are related to internal  deliberations  of  the  body  or
 agency.
   §  2. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as added
 by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended and a new  subdivision  6
 is added to read as follows:
   3.  "Agency"  means  any state or municipal department, board, bureau,
 division, commission, committee, public authority,  public  corporation,
 council,  office  or other governmental entity performing a governmental
 or proprietary function for the state or any one or more  municipalities
 thereof, except the judiciary [or the state legislature].
   6. "ARCHIVES" MEANS ANY INSTITUTION AS DEFINED BY SECTION 57.05 OF THE
 ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW.
   §  3.  Subdivision  1  of  section  88  of  the public officers law is
 REPEALED.
   § 4. The public officers law is amended by adding a new  section  88-a
 to read as follows:
   §  88-A.  ELECTRONIC  RECORDS  RETENTION.  1.    EACH STATE AGENCY, AS
 DEFINED BY PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  EIGHTY-SEVEN  OF
 THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW, AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 THE STATE ARCHIVES, SHALL PRESERVE ELECTRONIC RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   2. EACH AGENCY SHALL IDENTIFY THE ACCOUNTS OF POLICY MAKERS SUBJECT TO
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "POLI-
 CY MAKER" MEANS ANY STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL, STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOY-
 EE, MEMBER OF  THE  LEGISLATURE,  OR  LEGISLATIVE  EMPLOYEE  SUBJECT  TO
 SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   3.  (A) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND ARTICLE SIX OF THIS CHAPTER
 SHALL APPLY TO  ALL  EMAIL  ACCOUNTS  OF  ANY  POLICY  MAKER,  INCLUDING

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 ACCOUNTS  MANAGED BY OTHER STAFF, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL
 ASSISTANTS, CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS, OR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS.
   (B)  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND OF ARTICLE SIX OF THIS CHAPTER
 SHALL APPLY TO ALL EMAIL ACCOUNTS OF ANY POLICY MAKER, REGARDLESS OF THE
 ADDRESS NAMES USED BY THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL FOR AGENCY BUSINESS.
   4. ELECTRONIC RECORDS SHALL  BE  MAINTAINED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
 FOLLOWING GENERAL RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE:
   (A)  EMAIL  AND  OTHER  ELECTRONIC  RECORDS OF POLICY MAKERS. AGENCIES
 SHALL TRANSFER DOCUMENTATION ADEQUATE TO IDENTIFY, SERVICE,  AND  INTER-
 PRET THE PERMANENT ELECTRONIC RECORDS, WHICH INCLUDES THE POSITION TITLE
 AND BEGIN AND END DATES FOR EACH EMAIL ACCOUNT CAPTURED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.  THE DISPOSITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH
 IS  PERMANENT. SUCH ELECTRONIC RECORDS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE
 ARCHIVES NO SOONER THAN FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF THE CREATION  OF
 THE  ELECTRONIC  RECORD  AND  NO  LATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER THE
 CREATION OF THE ELECTRONIC RECORD.
   (B) EMAIL AND OTHER ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF  OTHER  OFFICIALS.  AGENCIES
 SHALL  TRANSFER  DOCUMENTATION ADEQUATE TO IDENTIFY, SERVICE, AND INTER-
 PRET THE PERMANENT ELECTRONIC RECORDS, WHICH INCLUDES THE POSITION TITLE
 AND BEGIN AND END DATES FOR EACH EMAIL ACCOUNT CAPTURED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.  THE DISPOSITION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH
 IS TEMPORARY. SUCH ELECTRONIC RECORDS SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE  STATE
 ARCHIVES  NO  SOONER  THAN SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF CREATION OF THE
 ELECTRONIC RECORD, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT LONGER RETENTION  IS  AUTHOR-
 IZED IF REQUIRED FOR BUSINESS USE BY THE AGENCY.
   5.  PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS BY AGENCIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
   (A) AGENCIES  SHALL  TRANSFER  TO  THE  STATE  ARCHIVES  DOCUMENTATION
 ADEQUATE  TO  IDENTIFY,  SERVICE, AND INTERPRET THE PERMANENT ELECTRONIC
 RECORDS.
   (B) DOCUMENTATION FOR DATA FILES AND DATA BASES  MUST  INCLUDE  RECORD
 LAYOUTS,  DATA  ELEMENT  DEFINITIONS, AND CODE TRANSLATION TABLES (CODE-
 BOOKS) FOR CODED DATA. DATA ELEMENT DEFINITIONS, CODES USED TO REPRESENT
 DATA VALUES, AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THESE CODES MUST  MATCH  THE  ACTUAL
 FORMAT AND CODES AS TRANSFERRED.
   (C) DIGITAL GEOSPATIAL DATA FILES MUST INCLUDE THE DOCUMENTATION SPEC-
 IFIED  IN  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IN ADDITION, DOCUMENTATION
 FOR DIGITAL GEOSPATIAL DATA FILES CAN INCLUDE METADATA THAT CONFORMS  TO
 THE  FEDERAL  GEOGRAPHIC  DATA COMMITTEE'S CONTENT STANDARDS FOR DIGITAL
 GEOSPATIAL METADATA, AS SPECIFIED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12906 OF APRIL  11,
 1994 (3 CFR, 1995 COMP., P. 882).
   (D)  DOCUMENTATION  FOR  ELECTRONIC FILES CONTAINING TEXTUAL DOCUMENTS
 WITH SGML TAGS MUST INCLUDE A TABLE FOR INTERPRETING THE SGML TAGS, WHEN
 APPROPRIATE.
   (E) DOCUMENTATION FOR THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ELECTRONIC  RECORDS  MUST
 CONFORM  TO  FORMATS SPECIFIED IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINIS-
 TRATION BULLETIN 2014-04; APPENDIX A: REVISED FORMAT  GUIDANCE  FOR  THE
 TRANSFER  OF  PERMANENT  ELECTRONIC  RECORDS.  TABLES  OF  FILE FORMATS;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE STATE ARCHIVE MAY APPROVE ADDITIONAL ACCEPT-
 ABLE FILE FORMATS:
   (I) EMAIL MESSAGES WITH ATTACHMENTS;
   (II) SCANNED IMAGES OF TEXTUAL RECORDS;
   (III) RECORDS IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF);
   (IV) DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDS; AND
   (V) WEB CONTENT RECORDS.

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   6. (A) ANY  AGGRIEVED  PERSON  SHALL  HAVE  STANDING  TO  ENFORCE  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION BY THE COMMENCEMENT OF A PROCEEDING PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE  LAW  AND  RULES,  OR  AN
 ACTION  FOR  DECLARATORY  JUDGMENT  AND  INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF. IN ANY SUCH
 ACTION  OR  PROCEEDING,  IF  A COURT DETERMINES THAT AN AGENCY FAILED TO
 COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE  COURT  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 POWER,  IN  ITS  DISCRETION,  UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, TO DECLARE THAT THE
 AGENCY VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. IF THE COURT  DETERMINES
 THAT  AN  AGENCY  HAS VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE COURT
 MAY REQUIRE THE MEMBERS OF THE  AGENCY  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  A  TRAINING
 SESSION  CONCERNING THE OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION CONDUCTED BY
 THE STAFF OF THE STATE ARCHIVES.
   (B) IN ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  COSTS  AND
 REASONABLE  ATTORNEY'S  FEES  MAY  BE  AWARDED  BY  THE  COURT,  IN  ITS
 DISCRETION, TO THE SUCCESSFUL PARTY. IF A COURT DETERMINES THAT AN ELEC-
 TRONIC RECORD WAS NOT RETAINED IN MATERIAL VIOLATION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 THE  COURT  SHALL  AWARD  COSTS  AND  REASONABLE  ATTORNEY'S FEES TO THE
 SUCCESSFUL PETITIONER, UNLESS THERE WAS A REASONABLE BASIS FOR THE AGEN-
 CY TO BELIEVE THAT IT ACTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   (C)  THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN AN ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT PROCEEDING
 WITH RESPECT TO AN ACTION TAKEN AT EXECUTIVE SESSION SHALL  COMMENCE  TO
 RUN FROM THE DATE THE ELECTRONIC RECORD AT ISSUE HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE
 TO THE PUBLIC.
   7.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL BAR AN EMPLOYEE OF AN AGENCY FROM
 MAINTAINING A RECORD SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION UNDER THE  RETENTION  SCHED-
 ULES  DEVELOPED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  57.06  OF  THE ARTS AND CULTURAL
 AFFAIRS LAW, IF SUCH RECORD IS RELEVANT TO AN ONGOING  MATTER  AND  SUCH
 DISCLOSURE WOULD NOT VIOLATE ANY PRIVILEGE OR CONFIDENTIALITY INTEREST.
   §  5.  Subparagraphs  vi  and vii of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of
 section 89 of the public officers law, as amended by section 11 of  part
 U  of chapter 61 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subparagraph
 viii is added to read as follows:
   vi. information of a personal nature contained in a  workers'  compen-
 sation  record,  except  as provided by section one hundred ten-a of the
 workers' compensation law; [or]
   vii. disclosure of electronic contact information, such as  an  e-mail
 address  or  a  social  network username, that has been collected from a
 taxpayer under section one hundred four of the real property tax law[.];
 AND
   VIII. COMMUNICATIONS OF A PERSONAL NATURE  BETWEEN  STATE  LEGISLATORS
 AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
   §  6.  The  arts  and  cultural affairs law is amended by adding a new
 section 57.06 to read as follows:
   § 57.06. ELECTRONIC RECORDS RETENTION. 1.  THE  STATE  ARCHIVES  SHALL
 DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  A  PROTOCOL  FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC
 RECORDS OF THE STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  ARTICLE.
 SUCH PROTOCOL SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A)  A  PROCESS BY WHICH SENDERS AND RECIPIENTS OF ELECTRONIC MAIL CAN
 CATEGORIZE SUCH MAIL INTO RECORDS THAT WILL BE RETAINED, AND THOSE  THAT
 WILL BE SUBJECT TO PROCEDURES FOR REGULAR DISPOSITION OF SUCH RECORDS IN
 THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS;
   (B)  THE  DELINEATION OF SUCH OTHER STANDARDS OR PROCEDURES WHICH WILL
 ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS;

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   (C) THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOFTWARE AND OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL  AIDS  THAT
 WOULD  FACILITATE  RECORDS  PRESERVATION  AND  REVIEW,  AND WHICH MAY BE
 PURCHASED WITHIN AVAILABLE RESOURCES; AND
   (D) A SCHEDULE FOR RECORDS RETENTION FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF RECORDS AND
 IDENTIFICATION  OF  HISTORICALLY  IMPORTANT RECORDS DEVELOPED IN CONCERT
 WITH THE AGENCIES PROVIDING THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS.
   2. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BAR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE ARCHIVES
 FROM MAINTAINING A RECORD SLATED FOR  DESTRUCTION  UNDER  THE  RETENTION
 SCHEDULE,  OR FROM PROVIDING SUCH RECORD TO AN AGENCY, IF SUCH RECORD IS
 RELEVANT TO AN ONGOING MATTER, AND SUCH DISCLOSURE WOULD NOT VIOLATE ANY
 PRIVILEGE OR CONFIDENTIALITY INTEREST.
   § 7. Section 5 of the executive law is REPEALED.
   § 8. Subdivision 3 of section 713 of the executive law, as amended  by
 section  16  of  part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. Any reports prepared pursuant to this article shall not be  subject
 to  disclosure  pursuant  to  [section  eighty-eight] ARTICLE SIX of the
 public officers law.
   § 9. The legislative law is amended by adding a new  section  33-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  33-A. DISCLOSURE. ALL MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE
 AND THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  ARTICLE  SIX  OF
 THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   §  10.  Section  70-0113  of  the  environmental  conservation  law is
 REPEALED.
   § 11. This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  twentieth  day
 after it shall have become a law.

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