Bill Text: NY A07359 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the education commissioner may make grants to school districts which have incurred costs in the removal, replacement or sealing of wood or wood products, which have been treated with chromated copper arsenate and were used in the construction of playgrounds on school property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-16 - held for consideration in education [A07359 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07359-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7359
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 31, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TEDISCO
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  funding  for  certain
         remedial reconstruction on school playgrounds
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 414 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. THE TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DETERMINE  IF  PLAYGROUNDS
    4  ERECTED ON SCHOOL PROPERTY CONTAIN WOOD OR WOOD PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE BEEN
    5  TREATED  WITH  CHROMATED  COPPER  ARSENATE, AND PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL,
    6  REPLACEMENT OR SEALING OF SUCH WOOD OR WOOD PRODUCTS.  THE  COMMISSIONER
    7  MAY  AUTHORIZE  AN  APPROPRIATE  GRANT TO OFFSET ALL OR A PORTION OF THE
    8  COST TO THE DISTRICT FOR SUCH REMEDIAL ACTIVITY. THE  REMEDIATION  SHALL
    9  BE  COMPLETED  ON  OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR NEXT
   10  SUCCEEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW.
   11    S 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   12  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
   13    42. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROVIDE GRANTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OFFSET,
   14  IN  WHOLE  OR  IN  PART,  THE  COST  OF REMEDIAL ACTION TAKEN TO REMOVE,
   15  REPLACE OR SEAL WOOD OR WOOD PRODUCTS,  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  TREATED  WITH
   16  CHROMATED  COPPER ARSENATE, AND WERE USED IN CONSTRUCTING PLAYGROUNDS ON
   17  SCHOOL PROPERTY.
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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