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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Consumer Affairs and Protection
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting  the  "public
         internet access safety act"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
    2  the "public internet access safety act".
    3    S  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 843-a to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S 843-A. PUBLIC LIBRARY HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET; WARNING.    NOTWITH-
    6  STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
    7  THE  DIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN INTERNET WEBSITE PROVIDING
    8  INFORMATION TO MINORS ON THE  POTENTIAL  DANGERS  TO  MINORS  USING  THE
    9  INTERNET  CONCERNING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, SEXUAL PREDATORS, SAFE BLOG-
   10  GING, ON-LINE BULLYING, SOCIAL NETWORKING SAFETY, AND SUCH OTHER  INTER-
   11  NET  SAFETY  INFORMATION  AS  THE  DIVISION DEEMS APPROPRIATE, AND EVERY
   12  PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM SHALL MAKE THE HOMEPAGE OF THIS WEBSITE THE  HOME-
   13  PAGE  OF  ITS  WEBSITE  PROVIDING  INTERNET ACCESS TO MINORS IN A PUBLIC
   14  LIBRARY.
   15    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00412-01-5