Assembly Bill A5501

2021-2022 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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2021-A5501 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-d, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10954
2011-2012: A3889
2013-2014: A4428
2015-2016: A5000
2017-2018: A6317
2019-2020: A6959
2023-2024: A4302

2021-A5501 (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.

2021-A5501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5501
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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-d
 to read as follows:
   § 170-D. 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD09408-01-1

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