Senate Bill S2856B

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to state aid to the conservation and preservation of library materials program

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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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2013-S2856 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4664
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §273, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S7237

2013-S2856 - Summary

Relates to state aid to the conservation and preservation of library materials program; prohibits decreasing state aid for such program beginning in fiscal year 2014.

2013-S2856 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2856 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2856

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state aid to libraries
  and library systems

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

  Section  1.  Paragraphs b, c and d, subparagraph 1 of paragraph f, and
paragraph h of subdivision 1 of section 273 of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  3 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, are
amended to read as follows:
  b. In a library system which submits a plan for further development of
its central library, which plan shall be approved by the commissioner in
relation to standards for such central libraries, the amount of  central
library development aid shall be:
  (1) thirty-two cents per capita of the population within the chartered
area  of  service  of  such  library system with a minimum amount of one
hundred five thousand dollars, and
  (2) an additional seventy-one thousand five  hundred  dollars  to  the
library  system  for  the  purchase  of  books  and  materials including
nonprint materials AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, as defined  in  regulations
of the commissioner, for its central library. Ownership of library mate-
rials  and equipment purchased with such central library aid provided by
this paragraph shall be vested in the public library system.
  c. The sum of [ninety-four] ONE DOLLAR AND SIXTY-TWO cents per  capita
of population of the area served.
  d.  [(1)  An  amount  equal to the amount by which expenditures by the
library system for books, periodicals, binding  and  nonprint  materials
during the preceding fiscal year exceeds forty cents per capita of popu-
lation  of  the area served but the total apportionment pursuant to this
subparagraph shall not exceed sixty-eight cents per capita of population
served. In the first year  in  which  any  library  system  changes  its

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06736-01-3
              

2013-S2856A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4664
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §273, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S7237

2013-S2856A - Summary

Relates to state aid to the conservation and preservation of library materials program; prohibits decreasing state aid for such program beginning in fiscal year 2014.

2013-S2856A - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2856A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 2856--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to the conservation and
  preservation of library research materials program

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

  Section  1.    Subdivision  7  of section 273 of the education law, as
amended by section 3 of part O of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2005,  is
amended to read as follows:
  7. Conservation and preservation of library research materials. a. The
commissioner  shall  award,  BY  JULY FIRST in any state fiscal year, an
annual FORMULA grant of one hundred  [twenty-six]  FIFTY-EIGHT  thousand
dollars  for  a  program  of conservation and/or preservation of library
research materials to  each  of  the  following  comprehensive  research
libraries:  Columbia university libraries, Cornell university libraries,
New York state library, New York  university  libraries,  university  of
Rochester   libraries,   Syracuse  university  libraries,  the  research
libraries of the New York public library, state university of  New  York
at  Albany  library, state university of New York at Binghamton library,
state university of New York at Buffalo library, and state university of
New York at Stony Brook library.
  b. To be eligible for such FORMULA  grants,  each  such  comprehensive
research library must submit both a five-year plan and an annual program
budget.  The plan must satisfy criteria to be established by the commis-
sioner in regulations relating to the identification of library research
materials,  the  need  for  their  preservation,  and the means of their
conservation.
  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE  ANNUAL  APPROPRIATION
PROVIDED BY THE STATE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDI-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06736-02-3
              

2013-S2856B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4664
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §273, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S7237

2013-S2856B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to state aid to the conservation and preservation of library materials program; prohibits decreasing state aid for such program beginning in fiscal year 2014.

2013-S2856B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2856B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 2856--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to  said  committee  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee and
  committed to the Committee on Finance --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  conservation  and
  preservation of library research materials program

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 7 of section 273  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  section  3  of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is
amended to read as follows:
  7. Conservation and preservation of library research materials. a. The
commissioner shall award in any state fiscal  year,  an  annual  FORMULA
grant  of  one  hundred  [twenty-six] FIFTY-EIGHT thousand dollars for a
program of conservation and/or preservation of library research  materi-
als  to each of the following comprehensive research libraries: Columbia
university libraries,  Cornell  university  libraries,  New  York  state
library,   New   York  university  libraries,  university  of  Rochester
libraries, Syracuse university libraries, the research libraries of  the
New York public library, state university of New York at Albany library,
state  university of New York at Binghamton library, state university of
New York at Buffalo library, and state university of New York  at  Stony
Brook library.
  b.  To  be  eligible  for such FORMULA grants, each such comprehensive
research library must submit both a five-year plan and an annual program
budget.  The plan must satisfy criteria to be established by the commis-
sioner in regulations relating to the identification of library research
materials, the need for their  preservation,  and  the  means  of  their
conservation.
  c. [Additional grants, the sum of which shall not exceed three hundred
fifty  thousand  dollars in any state fiscal year, may be made to any or

              

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