NY Exec L § 148 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-A - State Register 148 - Distribution and Fees.

§ 148. Distribution and fees. 1. a. The department of state shall mail   or  otherwise  deliver a copy of each issue of the state register to the   office of the clerk of every county, to every library designated by  the   commissioner  of  education,  and upon written request, to the office of   the clerk of any city, town  or  village.  Such  copies  shall  be  made   available  for  public  inspection by such offices and libraries for not   less than one year.b. On or before September first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-three,  and   annually  thereafter,  the  commissioner  of education shall designate a   sufficient number of libraries, not to exceed three hundred, to  provide   a  uniform,  statewide distribution of copies of each issue of the state   register, and shall provide the department of state with a list of  such   designated libraries.2.  The  department of state shall mail or otherwise deliver a copy of   each regular issue and the quarterly index required by subdivision three   of section one hundred forty-seven of this article to  each  agency  and   every  state  legislator,  unless  the  agency  or  state legislator has   requested that the  department  discontinue  such  delivery,  and  shall   provide notice and indicate the availability upon request of any special   issue  published  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of section one hundred   forty-seven of this article by placing said notice in the regular  issue   appearing  two  weeks  prior to the publication date of any such special   issue. Such special issues shall be available to each agency  and  state   legislator at no charge.3.  Subscriptions to the state register shall be made available to the   public by either first or second class mail, or in  electronic  form  at   the  election of the subscriber. A reasonable rate for a subscription to   printed copies of the regular issue  and  quarterly  index  required  by   subdivision three of section one hundred forty-seven of this article, to   be  not  more than eighty dollars per year for first class mail delivery   and not more than forty dollars per year for second class mail delivery,   shall be set by the secretary of  state.  The  secretary  of  state  may   charge  no  more  than  one  dollar and fifty cents per single copy of a   printed regular issue or quarterly index of the  state  register.  Rates   shall not be set at such a level that the anticipated total subscription   revenues  exceed  the total cost of producing, printing and distributing   the state register.4. Special issues published pursuant to subdivision two of section one   hundred forty-seven of this article  shall  be  made  available  to  the   public  at  prices  set by the secretary of state to reflect the cost of   producing, printing and distributing  the  special  issues.  The  notice   provided in subdivision two of this section shall indicate the prices of   the special issues.4-a.  In addition to the state register, the department of state shall   make available at  no  cost  an  online  version  of  the  weekly  state   register,  quarterly index and any special issues as directed by statute   or deemed appropriate by the secretary of state.5. The secretary of state shall be entitled to charge  and  receive  a   reasonable  sum  from  any  person  required by state statute to cause a   notice to be published in the state register.6. All fees set by the secretary of state pursuant to this section are   subject to the approval of the director of the budget.