Bill Text: NY S05675 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5675 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to approval of leases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-09 - PRINT NUMBER 5675B [S05675 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05675-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5675--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
         discharged  and  said  bill  committed  to  the  Committee on Rules --
         ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
         its  place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Commit-
         tee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to approval of leases
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section 2554 of the education law, as
    2  amended by chapter 170 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    6.  To  lease  property  required for the purpose of furnishing school
    5  accommodations for schools administered by the board of education and to
    6  prepare and execute leases therefor. To be eligible for aid pursuant  to
    7  subdivision  six  of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, any
    8  such lease shall be approved by the  commissioner  prior  to  execution,
    9  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  APPROVE  A  LEASE  SUBMITTED FOR
   10  APPROVAL AFTER EXECUTION UPON A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE FOR THE DELAY; the
   11  leased space shall meet requirements  for  access  by  individuals  with
   12  disabilities  to both facilities and programs, as defined in regulations
   13  of the commissioner; the requirements set forth in paragraphs a, b, c, d
   14  and f of subdivision one of section four hundred three-b of this chapter
   15  shall be met, except for the requirement  of  voter  approval;  and  the
   16  leased  space shall be used to house programs for pupils in grades prek-
   17  indergarten through twelve,  other  than  programs  funded  pursuant  to
   18  section  forty-four hundred ten of this chapter, with minimal associated
   19  administrative and support services space as approved by the commission-
   20  er.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2013.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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