Bill Text: NY S02372 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02372 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02372-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2372
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
                    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 Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
     2  cle 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 Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
    10  be 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