§ 66. Destruction of certain records, books and other data by the attorney-general. In any action or proceeding or by other process of law, in which a money judgment or award shall have been procured in favor of the people of the state of New York, any department of the state of New York, or duly constituted division, bureau or board thereof, and which judgment or award has been duly paid and satisfied, the department of law, with the consent of the commissioner of education as provided by § 147 of the education law, may after the expiration of six years from the time of payment of said judgment or award destroy all statistics, documents and papers filed with or used by the department of law in procuring said judgment or award.