STATE OF NEW YORK
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7096
IN SENATE
March 24, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business
AN ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act, in relation to
minimum standards for online posting of rulemaking information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 202 of the state administrative
2 procedure act is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as
3 follows:
4 (d) When a notice published pursuant to this section refers to any
5 rule, text or other information that has been posted on a website main-
6 tained by a state entity in lieu of publication:
7 (i) the text or information shall be posted not later than the date
8 the notice is published in the state register, and to the extent practi-
9 cable shall be maintained on such website during the entire period for
10 which such notice is effective; and
11 (ii) the notice shall provide sufficient information to enable the
12 public to access such information without extensive searching, and shall
13 conform to any guidance prescribed by the secretary of state pursuant to
14 subdivision nine of this section.
15 § 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of
16 section 202 of the state administrative procedure act, as amended by
17 chapter 230 of the laws of 2006, are amended and a new paragraph (v) is
18 added to read as follows:
19 (iii) reject those notices which are not in substantial compliance
20 with the provisions of this section, give prompt notice of such
21 rejection to the agency, and advise such agency on the corrective action
22 required; [and]
23 (iv) publish all notices and statements, required by this section and
24 section two hundred one-a of this chapter, in the state register as soon
25 as practicable[.]; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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