5. Any public agency, the Secretary of State or the County Clerk, Register, or Surrogate of a county may copy, record, index or transcribe public records by means of photography, data processing, image processing, or other approved means, subject to compliance with the rules and regulations promulgated therefor by the Division of Archives and Records Management in the Department of State. Any document which is a data processed or image processed copy produced and stored in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated therefor by the division shall be considered a legal substitute for an original document.

L.1994,c.140,s.5.