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NY S08234
Bill
Status
6/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Liz Krueger
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AI Summary
- Amends New York Constitution Article 3, Section 14 to allow bills to be distributed to members in electronic format as an alternative to printed copies
- Members may receive bills in legible electronic format at their desks instead of physical printed versions, while maintaining the three calendar legislative day requirement before final passage
- Defines "electronic means" as transmission between computers or machines that allows recipients to reproduce information in tangible form and prevents unauthorized changes without leaving a record
- Maintains existing requirements that bills must be on members' desks in final form before passage and that the governor may certify emergency circumstances allowing immediate votes
- Requires the amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session after the next general election and published for three months before that election, per constitutional procedures
Legislative Description
Allows satisfaction of constitutional requirement that bills be on members desks prior to passage/voting by distribution of bills in electronically written form: provides that a bill shall be deemed to be printed and upon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible electronic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in such format at the desks of the members; provides that "electronic means" means any method of transmission of information between computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending and receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to reproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of expression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to be made without leaving an adequate record thereof.
Last Action
OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
7/20/2010