Assembly Bill A6839

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the state library to be open for at least eight hours each day on five days every week

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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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2011-A6839 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5244
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §249, Ed L

2011-A6839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state library to be open for at least eight hours each day on five days every week.

2011-A6839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6839

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  the  state
  library  to  be  open  for  at least eight hours each day on five days
  every week

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

  Section  1.  Section  249  of  the education law is amended to read as
follows:
  S 249. State library, when open; use of  books.    The  state  library
shall  be  kept  open  [not less than] AT LEAST eight hours [every week]
EACH day ON FIVE DAYS EVERY WEEK in the year except the  legal  holidays
known  as  Independence  day,  Thanksgiving  day and Christmas day[, and
members]. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT THE REGENTS FROM  OPEN-
ING  THE STATE LIBRARY ON OTHER DAYS AND TIMES.  MEMBERS of the legisla-
ture, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the supreme court  and
heads  of state departments may borrow from the library books for use in
Albany, but shall be subject to such restrictions and penalties  as  may
be prescribed by the regents for the safety or greater usefulness of the
library.   Under such rules and conditions as the regents may prescribe,
the state library may lend its books and printed material for a  limited
time  to other individuals and institutions conforming to said rules and
conditions.  Such service shall be free to residents of  this  state  as
far  as  practicable, but the regents may, in their discretion, charge a
proper fee to nonresidents or for assistance of a personal nature or for
other reason not properly an expense to the  state,  but  which  may  be
authorized for the accommodation of users of the library.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09852-02-1

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