S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
May 2, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state aid to libraries
and library systems
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 273 of the education law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph o to read as follows:
3 O. ANY NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ESTABLISHED THROUGH MERGER ON OR
4 AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, SHALL RECEIVE NO LESS STATE
5 FORMULA AID THAN THE COMPONENT PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS WERE ENTITLED TO
6 RECEIVE UNDER THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO AND TWO
7 HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS PART IN THE FISCAL YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEED-
8 ING THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MERGER IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
9 S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 273 of the education law is amended by
10 adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
11 D. ANY NEW REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM ESTABLISHED
12 THROUGH MERGER ON OR AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, SHALL
13 RECEIVE NO LESS STATE FORMULA AID THAN THE COMPONENT REFERENCE AND
14 RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS WERE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE UNDER THIS
15 SECTION AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART IN THE FISCAL
16 YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MERGER IS APPROVED BY
17 THE COMMISSIONER.
18 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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