S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2857--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  FARLEY,  ADDABBO,  AVELLA,  BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO,
         GRISANTI, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, NOZZOLIO, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE,  SEWARD  --
         read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
         the Committee on Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
         recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with  Senate
         Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
         to  the  Committee  on  Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to maintenance of  effort
         for state aid to public library systems
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph j of subdivision 1  of  section
    2  272  of  the education law, as amended by section 2 of part O of chapter
    3  57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (3) The commissioner may waive the requirements of  subparagraphs  one
    5  and  two  of  this  paragraph,  if  the commissioner determines that the
    6  application of such subparagraphs would result in excessive hardship for
    7  the public library  system  or  central  library  brought  about  by  an
    8  extraordinary  change in a local sponsor's economic condition, loss by a
    9  local sponsor of state aid to local governments provided  under  section
   10  fifty-four  of  the  state  finance law, or by a natural disaster. [Such
   11  waiver may be granted only one time to each  public  library  system  or
   12  central  library within five calendar years.  The commissioner may grant
   13  such waiver for a period of up to two consecutive calendar  years.]  THE
   14  COMMISSIONER  MAY  GRANT SUCH WAIVER FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO THREE CONSEC-
   15  UTIVE CALENDAR YEARS. The commissioner shall report any waivers  granted
   16  under  this  subparagraph  to the speaker of the assembly, the temporary
   17  president of the senate, the chairs of the legislative fiscal committees
   18  and the director of the division of the budget.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06735-05-4