Bill Text: NY A05839 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes municipal corporations, school districts and BOCES to consolidate services and functions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 23-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A05839 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05839-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5839
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. P. LOPEZ, CERETTO, RAIA, MONTESANO, LUPINACCI,
         BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, OAKS, BORELLI, McLAUGHLIN, BARCLAY, GRAF,  FINCH,
         PALMESANO,  McDONOUGH, LALOR, CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         CROUCH, DIPIETRO, DUPREY, GIGLIO, LOSQUADRO, McDONALD,  STEC  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law and the education law, in
         relation to authorizing municipal corporations to consolidate services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
    2  cle 17-B to read as follows:
    3                                 ARTICLE 17-B
    4                          CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES
    5  SECTION 795. CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES.
    6    S 795. CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES. ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY  ENTER
    7  INTO  AN AGREEMENT WITH ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT
    8  OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE SHARING OF SERVICES
    9  AND FUNCTIONS.
   10    S 2. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  1510-a  to
   11  read as follows:
   12    S  1510-A.  SHARING OF SERVICES. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPER-
   13  ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION,  AS  THAT  TERM  IS
   14  DEFINED  BY  SECTION TWO OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, MAY ENTER INTO AN
   15  AGREEMENT WITH ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCA-
   16  TIONAL SERVICES OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION FOR THE SHARING OF SERVICES AND
   17  FUNCTIONS.
   18    S  3.  Section  1604  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
   19  subdivision 43 to read as follows:
   20    43. TO AGREE OR CONTRACT WITH ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPER-
   21  ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AS THAT TERM IS
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  DEFINED BY SECTION TWO OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, FOR THE SHARING  OF
    2  SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS.
    3    S  4.  Section  1709  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    4  subdivision 43 to read as follows:
    5    43. TO AGREE OR CONTRACT WITH ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPER-
    6  ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AS THAT TERM IS
    7  DEFINED BY SECTION TWO OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, FOR THE SHARING  OF
    8  SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS.
    9    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.