Bill Text: NY S01573 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1573 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01573 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01573-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1573
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  OPPENHEIMER,  DIAZ,  MONTGOMERY -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Education
       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.
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