Authorizes the department of labor to use electronic storage technology to store public records, papers, documents and matters required by law to be recorded.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10153
SPONSOR: Rules (Sillitti) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing the department
of labor to use electronic storage technology to store public records,
papers, documents and matters required by law to be recorded
PURPOSE:
To update the Labor Law to allow the Department to use current technolo-
gy to record and maintain public records, papers, documents or matters
required by law to be recorded.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This proposal would amend Labor Law § 35(1) to replace the term "optical
disc" with "electronic storage."
EXISTING LAW:
Existing language in Labor Law § 35(1) requires the Department to use
"optical disc technology." This bill would replace the term "optical
disc" with "electronic storage' to allow use of current "electronic
storage technology."
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None. This would be a new bill. Section 35 was added to the Labor Law in
current form in 1991 (L. 1991, -ch. 138, § 1, eff. May 24, 1991 and has
not been amended since.
STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:
Amending Labor Law § 35(1) would update technological capacity to be in
line with more secure and versatile electronic storage options currently
available. Optical disc technology has significant limitations, includ-
ing slow access speed and relatively rapid deterioration. This proposal
would (1) reduce storage space and costs; (2) increase retrieval speed;
(3) route information more reliably and accurately; (4) improve storage
image quality; (5) and increase productivety.
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
None or de minimis Electronic storage systems are already set-up and
ready for DOL to use.
LOCAL IMPACT:
None.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10153
IN ASSEMBLY
May 4, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sillitti) --
(at request of the Department of Labor) -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to authorizing the department
of labor to use electronic storage technology to store public records,
papers, documents and matters required by law to be recorded
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 35 of the labor law, as added by
2 chapter 138 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. The department is authorized and empowered to use [optical disc]
4 electronic storage technology to record and maintain public records,
5 papers, documents or matters required by law to be recorded. Such
6 records shall be capable of being copied, photographed, or microphoto-
7 graphed by a process which accurately reproduces the original thereof in
8 all details.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13743-01-2
