Sponsored by:
Senator NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires State agency to redact a person s handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency s Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning State agencies and redaction of certain signatures and supplementing P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, a State agency shall redact a person s handwritten signature on any document published on the State agency s Internet website, pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), on or after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
b. A State agency shall archive any document published on a State agency s Internet website prior to the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) that displays a person s handwritten signature and the document may be republished on the State agency s Internet website if the State agency redacts the person s handwritten signature.
c. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit public access, pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), commonly known as the open public records act, to any document archived pursuant to subsection b. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a State agency to redact a person s handwritten signature prior to publishing documents displaying the person s handwritten signature on the State agency s Internet website, pursuant to any publication requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill requires a State agency to archive any document that displays a person s handwritten signature published on the State agency s website prior to the effective date of the bill. A State agency may republish the archived document if the State agency redacts the person s handwritten signature. Any document archived pursuant to the provisions of the bill is to be made available to the public through the open public records act.