Bill Text: NY S07358 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the power and duties of the dormitory authority of the state of New York; includes within the definition of "public library" any library chartered by the state board of regents or incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law constituting a public library, an association library or a free library.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-06 - referred to ways and means [S07358 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07358-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7358
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 20, 2016
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        Introduced  by Sen. FARLEY -- (at request of the Dormitory Authority) --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to the powers
          and duties of the dormitory authority of the state of New York
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  32 of section 1676 of the public authorities
     2  law, as added by chapter 672 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    32. The term "public library" shall mean [those libraries set forth in
     5  section five of the chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three
     6  which  added  this  subdivision, as defined as] any library chartered by
     7  the state board of regents  or  incorporated  under  the  not-for-profit
     8  corporation  law  constituting  a public library [or as], an association
     9  library [pursuant to] or a  free  library  as  defined  in  section  two
    10  hundred fifty-three of the education law.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall not affect the status as a "public library" for
    12  purposes of title 4 of article 8 of the public authorities law of  those
    13  libraries  set forth in section 5 of chapter 672 of the laws of 1993, as
    14  amended from time to time prior to the effective date of this  act,  nor
    15  shall  this  act  impair  the validity of bonds heretofore issued by the
    16  dormitory authority for the benefit of any such library.
    17    § 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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