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                                       10062--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. JORDAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Libraries and Education Technology -- reported and referred to the
         Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  dissolve  the  Bancroft  public library and to transfer its
         assets to a newly established Bancroft public library
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The Bancroft public library and its incorporated trustees,
    2  established by a special act of the legislature pursuant to chapter  206
    3  of  the laws of 1851, as amended by chapter 329 of the laws of 1889, and
    4  as further amended, is hereby dissolved, and all  assets,  holdings  and
    5  belongings  owned  in  whole  or  in part by the Bancroft public library
    6  shall be transferred to a newly-created Bancroft public  library,  which
    7  was  granted  a five-year provisional charter by the board of regents on
    8  December 13, 2011.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15469-02-2