N.Y. Executive Law § 843: Division homepage on the internet

§ 843. Division homepage on the internet. 1. Definitions. For the

purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following

meanings:

(a) "Internet" shall mean an international computer network of both

federal and non-federal interoperable packet switched data networks

which users may access through a service provider.

(b) "Homepage" shall mean an individual site or address of a document

or file where particular information can be located.

2. The commissioner shall construct, operate and maintain a homepage

on the internet for the purpose of providing a mechanism for the wide

dissemination of information relating to criminal justice issues.

3. The homepage directed to be created by this section shall include

pictures and such other information as the commissioner deems necessary

pertaining to missing children who resided in New York at the time of

their disappearance or whose parent, parents or legal guardian currently

reside in New York state.

4. Such homepage shall also contain pictures and information regarding

the ten most wanted criminals in New York state as determined by the

superintendent of state police.

5. Such homepage shall also contain the subdirectory maintained

pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-q of the correction law.

6. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary

to carry out the provisions of this section. Such rules and regulations

shall include procedures for determining whether issues of

confidentiality or constitutionality exist with regard to any

information proposed to be included on the homepage created by the

division. Where there is a question as to whether the dissemination of

certain information by the state would be a violation of confidentiality

or of an individual's constitutional rights, such information shall not

be included on the division's homepage.