Bill Text: NY S03209 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-15 - referred to libraries and education technology [S03209 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S03209-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3209 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, KRUEGER, LATIMER, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the inclusion of library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (o) of subdivi- 2 sion 10 of section 54 of the state finance law, as amended by section 7 3 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 (1) For the purposes of this paragraph, "municipality" shall mean 6 counties, cities, towns, villages, special improvement districts, fire 7 districts, public libraries, association libraries, PUBLIC LIBRARY 8 SYSTEMS AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THE EDUCATION 9 LAW, water authorities, sewer authorities, regional planning and devel- 10 opment boards, school districts, and boards of cooperative educational 11 services; provided, however, that for the purposes of this definition, a 12 board of cooperative educational services shall be considered a munici- 13 pality only in instances where such board of cooperative educational 14 services advances a joint application on behalf of school districts and 15 other municipalities within the board of cooperative educational 16 services region; provided, however, that any agreements with a board of 17 cooperative educational services: shall not generate additional state 18 aid; shall be deemed not to be a part of the program, capital and admin- 19 istrative budgets of the board of cooperative educational services for 20 the purposes of computing charges upon component school districts pursu- 21 ant to subparagraph seven of paragraph b of subdivision four of section 22 nineteen hundred fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen hundred 23 fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen hundred fifty-one of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03681-01-5 S. 3209 2 1 education law; and shall be deemed to be a cooperative municipal service 2 for purposes of subparagraph two of paragraph d of subdivision four of 3 section nineteen hundred fifty of the education law. 4 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.