NY S07237 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Engrossed on June 13 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-13 - referred to libraries and education technology
Pending: Assembly Libraries and Education Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Relates to state aid to libraries and library systems; provides that no library shall receive less aid than they received in 2011; provides that public library systems may use the formula funding for coordinated outreach and youth services; eliminates the competitive adult and family literacy grant programs; eliminates the competitive coordinated conservation/preservation grant program and increases the statutory amount available to each of the eligible Big Eleven research libraries; provides that NYS research library's statutory formula conservation/preservation program is funded at the same level in the state operations budget as are the programs of the other Big Eleven research libraries; provides that no library or system will receive less funding than they received under statute in 2011 as a result of the use of the 2010 census.

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Title

Relates to state aid to libraries and library systems; provides that no library shall receive less aid than they received in 2011; provides that public library systems may use the formula funding for coordinated outreach and youth services; eliminates the competitive adult and family literacy grant programs; eliminates the competitive coordinated conservation/preservation grant program and increases the statutory amount available to each of the eligible Big Eleven research libraries; provides that NYS research library's statutory formula conservation/preservation program is funded at the same level in the state operations budget as are the programs of the other Big Eleven research libraries; provides that no library or system will receive less funding than they received under statute in 2011 as a result of the use of the 2010 census.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2012-06-13 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 60 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2012-06-13Assemblyreferred to libraries and education technology
2012-06-13SenateDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2012-06-13SenatePASSED SENATE
2012-06-13SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1248
2012-06-13SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2012-06-05SenateREPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
2012-05-02SenateREFERRED TO EDUCATION

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Bill Comments

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