S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7220 I N S E N A T E May 2, 2012 ___________ 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