Bill Text: NY A02550 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2550 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides a constitutional guarantee that the legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free public libraries, wherein all the residents of this state may be provided with public library services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-31 - opinion referred to judiciary [A02550 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02550-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2550
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LIFTON,  PRETLOW,  GUNTHER, GALEF, JAFFEE --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, COLTON, GLICK, HOOPER,  PAULIN,
          SOLAGES  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and
          Education Technology
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 11 of  the  constitution,
          in  relation  to  requiring the legislature to provide for a system of
          free public libraries
     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of  article
     2  11 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    Section  1.  The  legislature  shall  provide  for the maintenance and
     4  support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children  of
     5  this state may be educated.  The legislature shall provide for the main-
     6  tenance  and  support  of a system of free public libraries, wherein all
     7  the residents  of  this  state  may  be  provided  with  public  library
     8  services.
     9    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    10  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    11  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    12  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    13  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89070-01-7