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ID S1356
Bill
Status
3/26/2014
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
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Adds Chapter 3 to Title 60, Idaho Code, establishing the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act to govern electronic publication of state legal materials including the Idaho Constitution, statutes, administrative code, and court decisions.
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Requires official publishers to designate electronic records as official and provide authentication methods allowing users to verify that received records are unaltered from the published version.
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Establishes that authenticated electronic legal material is presumed accurate, with the burden on parties contesting authentication to prove by preponderance of evidence that records are not authentic.
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Mandates official publishers preserve legal materials in electronic or non-electronic form, ensure record integrity, provide backup and disaster recovery, and maintain public access on a permanent basis.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2015, and applies to legal materials first published electronically on or after that date, with retroactive application to Idaho administrative code and bulletin materials from 2010-2014.
Legislative Description
Adds to existing law to provide for legal material in an official electronic record, to provide for authentication of an official electronic record, to establish provisions relating to the effect of authentication, to establish provisions relating to the preservation and security of legal material in an official electronic record, to provide for public access to legal materials, to provide for the uniformity of application and construction and to provide for the relation to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT
Last Action
Signed by Governor on 03/26/14 Session Law Chapter 278 Effective: 07/01/2015
3/26/2014