New York Consolidated Laws, Executive Law - EXC § 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.