N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 808 – Preservation of records
§ 808. Preservation of records. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each public retirement system, as defined in subdivision a of section eight hundred of this article, other than the New York state teachers' retirement system, is authorized to reproduce all or any part of its records by any computerized process which accurately produces a digital image of a paper record. Whenever the retirement system shall have so reproduced such records and whenever such reproductions or media have been placed in conveniently accessible files and provision has been made for preserving, examining and using the same, the retirement system may cause the original record which has been so reproduced to be disposed of or destroyed.
Terms Used In N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 808
- Public retirement system: shall mean the New York state and local employees' retirement system, the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, New York state teachers' retirement system, New York city employees' retirement system, New York city teachers' retirement system, New York city police pension fund, New York city fire department pension fund and the New York city board of education retirement system. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 800
b. A duly authorized representative of the retirement system is hereby authorized to certify to the authenticity of any reproduction herein authorized. The retirement system may charge for copies of reproductions of such records as provided for by applicable law, rules or regulations.