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Assembly Bill A3524

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts to issue bonds for the purposes of funding alternative and renewable energy sources for school facilities

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2011-A3524 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง416, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2448

2011-A3524 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts to issue bonds for the purposes of funding alternative and renewable energy sources for school facilities.

2011-A3524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3524

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. REILLY, JAFFEE, SPANO, N. RIVERA -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to authorizing school
  districts to issue bonds for the purposes of funding  alternative  and
  renewable energy sources for school facilities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  416  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  687  of  the  laws  of 1949, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. A majority of the voters of any school district, present and voting
at any annual or special district meeting, duly convened, may  authorize
such  acts  and  vote such taxes as they shall deem expedient for making
additions, alterations, repairs or improvements, to the sites or  build-
ings belonging to the district, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PURCHASING,
CONSTRUCTING, INSTALLING OR IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENER-
GY  SOURCES  FOR  SCHOOL  FACILITIES,  or for altering and equipping for
library use any former schoolhouse belonging to the district, or for the
purchase of other sites or buildings, or for a change of sites,  or  for
the  purchase  of  land  and buildings for agricultural, athletic, play-
ground or social center purposes, or for the erection of new  buildings,
or  for  building  a bus garage, or for buying apparatus, implements, or
fixtures, or for  paying  the  wages  of  teachers,  and  the  necessary
expenses  of  the  school, or for the purpose of paying any judgment, or
for the payment or refunding of an outstanding bonded  indebtedness,  or
for such other purpose relating to the support and welfare of the school
as they may, by resolution, approve.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05394-01-1

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