NY State Senate Bill 2009-S273

Senate Bill S273

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school crossing guards

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2009-S273 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §208-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S6398

2009-S273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school crossing guards.

2009-S273 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S273

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the  general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
educational institutions to pay the salaries and compensation of
school crossing guards


 PURPOSE :
This legislation removes the current legislative barrier that
prohibits school districts, BOCES, charter schools, and other public
schools from contributing to the salaries of school crossing guards

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill amends 208-a of the General Municipal Law to
provide that school districts, BOCES, charter schools, and any other
public or private education institution may pay for part or all of
school crossing guards' salaries. Currently, school districts, BOCES,
charter schools, and other public educational institutions are
prohibited from contributing, in whole or in part, to the salary of
school crossing guards. In an era when intermunicipal cooperation is
critical to improving the quality of services provided by local
governments while at the same time decreasing the cost of providing
those services, it is imperative that any obstacle to such cooperation
be removed.

Section 2 of the bill contains the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :
Section 208-a of the General Municipal law authorizes municipalities
to appoint and fix the salaries of school crossing guards.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The need for school crossing guards is directly related to school
operations. However, the financial burden of providing school crossing
guards is placed not on the schools themselves, but on the host
municipality. Moreover, schools are specifically prohibited from
employing or even contributing school crossing guards (see State
Comptroller Opinions 81-31 and 68-793).

This legislation will remove this legislative impediment to
intermunicipal cooperation.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2008: S.5110 Veto
111

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None to the State.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   273

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the  general municipal law, in relation  to  authorizing
  educational  institutions  to  pay  the  salaries  and compensation of
  school crossing guards

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section 208-a of the general municipal law, as amended by
chapter 131 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
  S 208-a. School guards.  The duly constituted authorities of any city,
town, or village or any county police department or police district  may
designate,  authorize  and  appoint  such  a  number  of persons as such
authority shall deem necessary, and at such salaries as  such  authority
shall  deem  advisable,  as  school crossing guards to aid in protecting
school children going to and from school, and church crossing guards  to
aid  in  protecting persons going to and from places of worship, and for
such purpose shall have power to control vehicular traffic  within  such
municipality.    A  PUBLIC SCHOOL, SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL  INSTI-
TUTION  MAY  ENTER  INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE OR
ANY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DISTRICT WHEREBY SUCH EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION PAYS ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION  OF
THE  SCHOOL  CROSSING  GUARDS PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS OF SUCH
INSTITUTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00441-01-9

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