New York Laws
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions
164-D - Availability of Application Forms.

§ 164-d. Availability of application forms. 1. The state and every
state agency, department, bureau, board, authority, office, commission,
or any other instrumentality of the state shall make the various
application forms developed and distributed by such agency or
instrumentality for public use that are readily convertible to internet
form and are intended to be commonly used by the general public
available on the internet.

2. Nothing in this section shall require that an agency or other state
entity or instrumentality accept or process application forms submitted
through the internet, or post application forms including user-specific
data on the internet.

3. The office of information technology services shall promulgate
rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. Such
rules shall at least provide for the prioritization and timing for
making application forms available on the internet.

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