S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 464--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, CAHILL, REILLY, RAIA, LIFTON, JAFFEE, MOLINARO, FINCH, RUSSELL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CLARK, CROUCH, CURRAN, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, HOOPER, LATIMER, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McENENY, McKEVITT, MILLMAN, ORTIZ, SALADINO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the educa- 2 tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 8 to read as follows: 3 (8) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC 4 LIBRARY SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HIGH-SPEED TELECOMMUNI- 5 CATIONS SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET 6 SERVICES. ANY SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND 7 APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, WHO MAY ONLY APPROVE SUCH PROPOSED 8 CONTRACT WHEN, IN SUCH COMMISSIONER'S OPINION, SUCH CONTRACT: (A) WILL 9 RESULT IN A MORE ECONOMICAL UTILIZATION OF EXISTING BOARD OF COOPERATIVE 10 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES HIGH-SPEED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES OR RESOURCES 11 THAN WOULD BE ACHIEVED WERE SUCH CONTRACT NOT APPROVED; (B) WILL NOT 12 DISRUPT THE LEVEL OF SERVICES TO COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AND (C) 13 WILL RESULT IN A MORE ECONOMICAL UTILIZATION OF EXISTING LIBRARY 14 RESOURCES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A FINDING, IN WRITING, MAKING 15 ANY DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH. 16 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 17 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02004-02-1