Bill Text: NY S03028 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that agency reports which are to be submitted to the legislature shall be made available online on the websites of the legislative library, senate and assembly as both viewable and downloadable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S03028 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S03028-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3028 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the New York state printing and public documents law, in relation to accessibility of certain agency reports The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 12 of the New York state printing and public docu- 2 ments law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. The state library and legislative library shall develop and main- 4 tain a public webpage, accessible through the websites of the state 5 library, senate and assembly, which provides access to viewable and 6 downloadable copies of those agency reports which are required by state 7 law to be submitted to the legislature as specified in subdivision four 8 of this section. Such agencies shall provide an electronic copy of their 9 reports to the state library and legislative library in formats speci- 10 fied by such libraries. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 12 law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08508-01-7