2023 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.