Senate Bill S6030

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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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A382 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S6030 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A382
Law Section:
State
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4606, A5631
2017-2018: S6136, A1922

2019-S6030 (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-S6030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6030
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 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.
   2. On or before November 1, 2020, the department of state shall submit
 such study to the governor, the temporary president of  the  senate  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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