Bill Text: NY S07220 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7220 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Dissolves the Bancroft public library, in the town of Salem, as incorporated in 1851, and transfers its assets to a newly established Bancroft public library.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - SIGNED CHAP.245 [S07220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07220-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7220
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       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  created  by  the  board of regents pursuant to title 2 of chapter 529 of
    3  the laws of 1889, as amended, is hereby dissolved, and all assets, hold-
    4  ings and belongings owned in whole or in part  by  the  Bancroft  public
    5  library shall be transferred to a newly-created Bancroft public library,
    6  which  was  granted  a  five-year  provisional  charter  by the board of
    7  regents on December 13, 2011.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15469-01-2