Bill Text: NY S04053 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-8)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - SIGNED CHAP.470 [S04053 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04053-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4053--A
           Cal. No. 857
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 15, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  FARLEY, OPPENHEIMER, ADDABBO, ALESI, DeFRANCISCO,
         FUSCHILLO, GRIFFO, HANNON, JOHNSON, KRUEGER, KRUGER, LARKIN,  LAVALLE,
         MARCELLINO,  MAZIARZ, MONTGOMERY, NOZZOLIO, PARKER, RANZENHOFER, SAMP-
         SON, SEWARD,  STEWART-COUSINS,  VALESKY,  ZELDIN  --  read  twice  and
         ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
         Finance -- reported favorably from said committee,  ordered  to  first
         and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading, amended and ordered
         reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the  inclusion  of
         library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to
         apply for local government efficiency grants
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph r of  subdivision
    2  10 of section 54 of the state finance law, as added by section 3 of part
    3  K of chapter 57 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (1)  For  the  purposes of this paragraph, "municipality" shall mean a
    5  county,  city,  town,  village,  special  improvement   district,   fire
    6  district,  public library, association library, OR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
    7  AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED  SEVENTY-TWO  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,
    8  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS DEFINITION, A PUBLIC
    9  LIBRARY SYSTEM SHALL BE CONSIDERED  A  MUNICIPALITY  ONLY  IN  INSTANCES
   10  WHERE  SUCH PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVANCES A JOINT APPLICATION ON BEHALF
   11  OF ITS MEMBER LIBRARIES,  water  authority,  sewer  authority,  regional
   12  planning and development board, school district, or board of cooperative
   13  educational  services;  provided, however, that for the purposes of this
   14  definition, a board of cooperative educational services shall be consid-
   15  ered a municipality only in instances where such  board  of  cooperative
   16  educational  services  advances  a joint application on behalf of school
   17  districts and other  municipalities  within  the  board  of  cooperative
   18  educational services region; provided, however, that any agreements with
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09929-02-1
       S. 4053--A                          2
    1  a  board  of  cooperative educational services: shall not generate addi-
    2  tional state aid; shall be deemed not to be a part of the program, capi-
    3  tal and administrative budgets of the board of  cooperative  educational
    4  services  for  the  purposes  of computing charges upon component school
    5  districts pursuant to subdivision one and subparagraph  seven  of  para-
    6  graph b of subdivision four of section nineteen hundred fifty and subdi-
    7  vision  one  of section nineteen hundred fifty-one of the education law;
    8  and shall be deemed to be a cooperative municipal service  for  purposes
    9  of  subparagraph two of paragraph d of subdivision four of section nine-
   10  teen hundred fifty of the education law.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.