Bill Text: NY A05810 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the empire state development corporation conducting a study at least once every five years, on the economic impact of public libraries and public library systems in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-23 - signed chap.346 [A05810 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05810-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5810--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 15, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Libraries and Education Technology --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT relating to studying the economic impact of public libraries  and
          public library systems in New York state
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Study of the economic impact of public libraries and public
     2  library systems. The empire state development corporation, in  consulta-
     3  tion  with  the state education department, shall conduct a study on the
     4  economic impact of public libraries and public library  systems  in  New
     5  York state. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the follow-
     6  ing:
     7    a.  The  return  on  investment  New  York state and local governments
     8  receive from public libraries and public library systems;
     9    b. The direct, indirect, and induced economic  impact  of  all  public
    10  library expenditures on the state and local economies;
    11    c. An examination of the resources, services, and programs provided to
    12  library patrons for career development;
    13    d. An examination of the resources, services, and programs provided to
    14  current and prospective business owners; and
    15    e.    An analysis of public library systems and the value they provide
    16  to public libraries.
    17    § 2. For the purposes of  this  act,  the  following  terms  shall  be
    18  defined as follows:
    19    a.  "public  library"  shall  mean  any public or association library,
    20  other than professional, technical or public school library, established
    21  for free public  purposes  by  official  action  of  a  municipality  or
    22  district  or  the  legislature,  where the whole interests belong to the
    23  public; the term "association" library shall  be  construed  to  mean  a
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03913-02-7
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     1  library  established  and controlled, in whole or in part, by a group of
     2  private individuals operating as an association, closed  corporation  or
     3  as  trustees  under  the  provisions of a will or deed of trust; and the
     4  term "free" as applied to a library shall be construed to mean a library
     5  maintained for the benefit and free use on equal terms of all the people
     6  of the community in which the library is located.
     7    b. "public library system" shall mean:
     8    (1) A library established by one or more counties.
     9    (2)  A  group of libraries serving an area including one or more coun-
    10  ties in whole or in part.
    11    (3) A library of a city containing one or more counties.
    12    (4) A cooperative library system established pursuant to  section  255
    13  of  the education law, the plan of library service of any of which shall
    14  have been approved by the commissioner of the department of education.
    15    § 3. The empire state development corporation shall conduct such study
    16  at least once every five years beginning on January 1, 2019.  Such study
    17  shall be provided to the governor, the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  the
    18  temporary  president  of the senate, the chair of the assembly libraries
    19  and education technology committee, and the chair of the  senate  select
    20  committee  on libraries. Such study shall also be posted on the New York
    21  state library's website.
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.