L.L. 2003/011
Enactment date: 2/18/2003
Int. No. 119-A
By Council Members Brewer, Avella, DeBlasio, Fidler, Jackson, Lopez, Monserrate, Moskowitz, Perkins, Reyna, Sears and Felder; also Council Members Addabbo and Sanders
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring that official publications of city agencies be submitted in electronic format to the department of records and information services and be made available to the public through the department's website.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The Council finds and declares that the City of New York should lead the nation in using information technologies to improve the efficiency and accessibility of municipal government. Recognizing that the Internet offers a powerful means of accomplishing these twin goals, and recognizing further that reducing government's use of paper benefits the environment, the Council finds that City agencies should aggressively expand their presence on the City's award-winning website, nyc.gov, by posting vital documents and publications in a timely fashion for public use.
Pursuant to this legislation, and recognizing that the Department of Records and Information Services currently serves as the New York City Charter mandated repository and disseminator of City documents, City agencies will be required to transmit to the Department, in an electronic format, all documents required by law to be published or transmitted to the Mayor or Council. Such transmittal shall occur within ten business days after the date upon which any such document is required by law to be published or transmitted to the Mayor or Council. The Department of Records and Information Services shall further make any such document transmitted to the Department in this manner available on its website within ten business days after the date upon which any such document is required by law to be published or transmitted to the Mayor or Council. With these requirements, the City will make municipal information more readily accessible to the public and will, most importantly, encourage the increasing use of information technology resources as a means of improving government.
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 5. This local law shall take effect one hundred twenty days after its enactment except that community boards shall not be subject to the provisions of this local law until one year after its enactment.