Bill Text: NY A08989 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the office of information technology services 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-02-03 - SIGNED CHAP.15 [A08989 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08989-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8989

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019 directing the department
          of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in  an  elec-
          tronic  format  and  access  to  such  legal materials, as proposed in
          legislative bills numbers S.6030 and A.382, in relation to the  imple-
          mentation of such study

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of  2019  directing  the
     2  department  of  state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in
     3  an electronic format and access to such legal materials, as proposed  in
     4  legislative  bills  numbers  S.6030  and  A.382,  is  amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    Section 1. 1. (a) The [department  of  state]  office  of  information
     7  technology services, in consultation with any entity that the [secretary
     8  of  state]  director  of  the  office of information technology services
     9  deems appropriate, shall conduct a study on the use of legal material in
    10  an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and  access  to
    11  such  legal materials of the state of New York. For the purposes of this
    12  act, "legal material" shall mean, whether or not in effect: the  consti-
    13  tution  of the state of New York; the laws of the state of New York; any
    14  state agency rule, regulation or decision that has or had the effect  of
    15  law;  material published in the New York register; and the New York code
    16  of rules and regulations.
    17    (b) The study shall include, but not be limited to:
    18    i. standards regarding the use, authentication, preservation,  securi-
    19  ty,  and  public  access  of legal material, and the fiscal implications
    20  thereof;
    21    ii. the needs of users of legal material in an electronic format;
    22    iii. views of stakeholders  pertaining  to  the  authentication,  use,
    23  preservation, and security of legal materials in an electronic format;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01821-02-0
        A. 8989                             2

     1    iv. methods and technologies used for the authentication, use, preser-
     2  vation  and security of legal material, technology used by the state and
     3  other states to disseminate legal material; and
     4    v.  current  practices of the state of New York with regard to session
     5  laws, the code of statutes, the register, administrative code, and court
     6  opinions in both electronic and non-electronic format.
     7    2. On or before November 1, 2020, the [department of state] office  of
     8  information technology services shall submit such study to the governor,
     9  the  temporary  president  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly
    10  and shall publicly post such study on the [department of state's] office
    11  of information technology services' website.
    12    3. The [department of state] office of information technology services
    13  may request, and is authorized to  receive,  any  information  from  any
    14  state  agency  that  is  relevant and material to the completion of such
    15  study. Such information received by the [department of state] office  of
    16  information  technology  services  shall be subject to the same require-
    17  ments for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as are  appli-
    18  cable to such state agency's use of such information.
    19    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    20  manner as a chapter of the laws of  2019  directing  the  department  of
    21  state  to  conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic
    22  format and access to such legal materials, as  proposed  in  legislative
    23  bills numbers S.6030 and A.382, takes effect.