Assembly Bill A3151

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizing school districts to share certain transportation services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A3151 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3625, Ed L

2009-A3151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts to share certain transportation services.

2009-A3151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3151

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to authorizing school
  districts to share certain transportation services

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 3625 of the education law, as
added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Allowable  expense  for  transportation  contracts.  The  allowable
transportation  expense  for any school district contracting for the use
of a bus or buses for the  transportation  of  any  or  all  the  pupils
attending  school  in such school district, other than a contract with a
public service facility for such transportation operated on routes under
franchise or operated by a municipality or public  authority,  shall  be
determined  in the same manner as though such bus or buses were district
owned, except that the amount computed for such bus or buses used in the
computation of the transportation expense may not exceed the  amount  of
the  contract  or  contracts  for such bus or buses. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ONE OR MORE SCHOOL DISTRICTS  OR
BOARDS  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY ENTER INTO A JOINT COOP-
ERATIVE CONTRACT TOGETHER WITH THE SAME TRANSPORTATION COMPANY IN  ORDER
TO SHARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03904-01-9

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