Bill Text: NY S04260 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the preservation of electronic mail for a period of seven years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04260 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04260-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4260

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  preservation  of
          electronic mail

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

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  166-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  166-a.  Preservation of electronic mail. Notwithstanding any incon-
     4  sistent provision of law, general, special or local, any employee of the
     5  state or any municipal subdivision thereof or  any  department,  bureau,
     6  board,  commission,  authority or any other agency or instrumentality of
     7  the state or any municipal subdivision thereof shall be required to keep
     8  a record of all electronic mail for a period of  seven  years  from  the
     9  date of creation.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06238-01-3