Bill Text: NY A00739 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and regional information centers to contract with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-13)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A00739 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00739-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        739--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, DelMONTE, CAHILL, FIELDS, REILLY, KOON,
         RAIA, LIFTON,  BACALLES,  ALFANO,  MOLINARO,  WALKER,  FINCH,  ERRIGO,
         JAFFEE  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. BARRA, BOYLAND, CLARK,
         CROUCH, DESTITO, EDDINGTON, GIGLIO,  HAWLEY,  HOOPER,  JOHN,  LATIMER,
         LUPARDO,  MAGEE,  McKEVITT, MILLMAN, ORTIZ, PHEFFER, SALADINO, THIELE,
         TOWNS, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Educa-
         tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards  of
         cooperative  educational  services to enter into contracts with public
         libraries for high-speed telecommunications services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Section 256 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3.  BOARDS  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES   (BOCES),   SCHOOL
    4  DISTRICTS  OR  REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTERS (RICS) ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED
    5  TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH PUBLIC OR ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY
    6  SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INCLUD-
    7  ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  INTERNET  AND  TELEPHONE  SERVICES.  ANY  SUCH
    8  PROPOSED  CONTRACT  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE
    9  COMMISSIONER, WHO MAY ONLY APPROVE SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT WHEN,  IN  THE
   10  COMMISSIONER'S  OPINION,  SUCH CONTRACT WILL RESULT IN A COST SAVINGS OR
   11  MORE ECONOMICAL UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES FOR EITHER  PARTY  INVOLVED  IN
   12  THE CONTRACT.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   14  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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