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Assembly Bill A8234

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Exempts from certain requirements for installment purchase contracts, those contracts for the purchase of transportation for Indian children by a school district

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2009-A8234 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4806
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §109-b, Gen Muni L; add §1502-b, Ed L

2009-A8234 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts from certain requirements for installment purchase contracts, those contracts for the purchase of transportation for Indian children by a school district with which the commissioner of education has a contract for the education of such children; provides that school district expenditures for such purpose shall not be subject to the approval of the qualified voters of the school district.

2009-A8234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8234

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 11, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
  installment  purchase contracts for the transportation of Indian chil-
  dren by a school district from certain requirements; and to amend  the
  education  law,  in  relation to exempting all transportation expenses
  for Native American students from  the  approval  of  school  district
  voters

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  109-b  of  the
general municipal law, as amended by chapter 258 of the laws of 1994, is
amended to read as follows:
  (a) "Political subdivision" shall mean a municipal corporation, school
district,  district  corporation  or  board  of  cooperative educational
services; PROVIDED, THAT SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT
THAT HAS CONTRACTED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION TO EDUCATE INDIAN
CHILDREN PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-ONE HUNDRED ONE OF
THE EDUCATION LAW, WITH REGARD TO ANY INSTALLMENT PURCHASE CONTRACT  FOR
ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORTING SUCH CHILDREN.
  S  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 1502-b to
read as follows:
  S 1502-B. EXPENDITURES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, UPON THE APPROVAL  OF
ANY  EXPENDITURE  OF MONEYS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN BY
THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHEN SUCH DISTRICT HAS  CONTRACTED  WITH
THE  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION FORTY-ONE
HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH EXPENDITURE SHALL NOT  BE  SUBJECT  TO
THE  APPROVAL  OF  THE  QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SUCH DISTRICT AND THE MONEYS
THEREIN SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO BE EXPENDED.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11523-01-9

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