Bill Text: NY A08226 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to members of the joint schools construction board and projects at certain schools in the Syracuse school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - substituted by s6127 [A08226 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08226-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8226--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   October 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
         accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee
       AN ACT to amend chapter 58 of the laws of 2006  enacting  the  "city  of
         Syracuse and the board of education of the city school district of the
         city  of  Syracuse cooperative school reconstruction act", in relation
         to members of the JSC Board and projects at  certain  schools  in  the
         city school district
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 4 of part A-4 of chapter  58  of
    2  the  laws of 2006 enacting the "city of Syracuse and the board of educa-
    3  tion of the city school district of the  city  of  Syracuse  cooperative
    4  school  reconstruction  act",  as  amended by chapter 459 of the laws of
    5  2013, is amended to read as follows:
    6    (f) "JSC board" shall mean the joint schools construction board of the
    7  city and the city school district  established  to  administer,  manage,
    8  design,  renovate  and  effect  the financing of existing public schools
    9  within the Syracuse city school district. Such board  shall  consist  of
   10  the  mayor  of  the  city of Syracuse and [two] THREE additional members
   11  designated by the mayor who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor for
   12  a term not exceeding one year, the superintendent of the  Syracuse  city
   13  school district and two additional members designated by the superinten-
   14  dent  who  shall  serve at the pleasure of the superintendent for a term
   15  not exceeding one year[, and a seventh member, not employed by the  city
   16  or  the  school district, jointly designated by the mayor and the super-
   17  intendent who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor  and  the  super-
   18  intendent  for a term not exceeding one year]. To ensure flexibility and
   19  continuity, the mayor and/or the superintendent may from  time  to  time
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  designate  and  authorize their chief of staff, chief financial officer,
    2  or other designee, to attend and vote in their stead.
    3    S  2. Section 5 of part A-4 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2006 enacting
    4  the "city of Syracuse and the board of  education  of  the  city  school
    5  district of the city of Syracuse cooperative school reconstruction act",
    6  as  amended  by  chapter  459 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
    7  follows:
    8    S 5. (a) No more than seven projects, one each  at  the  Central  High
    9  School,  the  Blodgett  School,  the  Shea Middle School, the H.W. Smith
   10  Elementary School, the Clary Middle School,  the  Dr.  Weeks  Elementary
   11  School  and  the  Fowler  High School, up to a total cost of two hundred
   12  twenty-five million dollars; and (b) no more than  twenty  projects  [at
   13  locations  to  be determined by the city school district and approved by
   14  the JSC board] WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED AT THE BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
   15  THE CLARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE  DANFORTH  MIDDLE
   16  SCHOOL,  THE  EDWARD SMITH K-8 SCHOOL, THE EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING MIDDLE
   17  SCHOOL, THE FOWLER HIGH SCHOOL, THE FRAZER K-8 SCHOOL, THE GRANT  MIDDLE
   18  SCHOOL,  THE GREYSTONE BUILDING, THE HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL, THE HUNTING-
   19  TON K-8 SCHOOL, THE NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, THE SHEA MIDDLE  SCHOOL  AND
   20  THE  WESTSIDE  ACADEMY  AT BLODGETT, up to a total cost of three hundred
   21  million dollars, shall be authorized and  undertaken  pursuant  to  this
   22  act, unless otherwise authorized by law.
   23    S  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
   24  manner as chapter 459 of the laws of 2013 takes effect.