Bill Text: NY S06941 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts to use district funds for the installation and maintenance of wood pellet, wood chip or other biomass burning boiler systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-03 - PRINT NUMBER 6941A [S06941 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06941-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6941--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 8, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to the use of school
          district funds to install and maintain wood pellet, wood chip or other
          biomass burning boiler systems
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 3602 of the educa-
     2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 6 to read as follows:
     3    (6) A school district is authorized to use any funds  otherwise  dedi-
     4  cated  for  renovations  or repairs to a building within the district to
     5  pay for the installation and maintenance of a wood pellet, wood chip  or
     6  other biomass burning boiler system.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13664-03-6