Relates to procedures for the passage of local laws

BILL NUMBER:S5544A

Title of bill

An act to amend the municipal home rule law and the New York city char- ter, in relation to procedures for the passage of local laws

Purpose

Relates to procedures for the passage of local laws.

Summary of specific provisions

Section one of the bill amends subdivision four of section twenty of municipal home rule law, as amended by chapter 45 of the laws of 1974·

Section two of the bill amends section thirty-six of the New York city charter, as amended by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general election held in November 1975 and as renumbered by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the general election held in November 1989.

Section three is the effective date.

This legislation provides that a proposed local law would be deemed to be upon the desks or tables of the members of a legislative body if:

o it is set forth in a legible electronic format by electronic means; and o is available for review in such format at the desks of the members.

This bill would define "electronic means" to mean any method of transmission of information between computers or other machines designed for the purposes of sending and receiving such transmissions, 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.

Justification

This legislation would allow local governments to keep pace with technology, reduce paper and provides local governments a cost saving measure. This legislation is consistent with a Constitutional amendment passed by the Legislature in 2011 related to bills before the state Legislature.

Prior legislative history

This is new legislation.

Fiscal implications

None to the state; potential savings to local governments.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.