Assembly Bill A6639

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants

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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-A6639 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4858
Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §54, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6875
2011-2012: S1581
2015-2016: A8291, S3209
2017-2018: A4810
2019-2020: A6159

2013-A6639 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes public library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for local government efficiency grants.

2013-A6639 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6639

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the  inclusion  of
  library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to
  apply for local government efficiency grants

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

  Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (o)  of  subdivi-
sion  10 of section 54 of the state finance law, as amended by section 7
of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (1)  For  the  purposes  of  this paragraph, "municipality" shall mean
counties, cities, towns, villages, special improvement  districts,  fire
districts,  public  libraries,  association  libraries,  PUBLIC  LIBRARY
SYSTEMS AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF  THE  EDUCATION
LAW,  water authorities, sewer authorities, regional planning and devel-
opment boards, school districts, and boards of  cooperative  educational
services; provided, however, that for the purposes of this definition, a
board  of cooperative educational services shall be considered a munici-
pality only in instances where such  board  of  cooperative  educational
services  advances a joint application on behalf of school districts and
other  municipalities  within  the  board  of  cooperative   educational
services  region; provided, however, that any agreements with a board of
cooperative educational services: shall not  generate  additional  state
aid; shall be deemed not to be a part of the program, capital and admin-
istrative  budgets  of the board of cooperative educational services for
the purposes of computing charges upon component school districts pursu-
ant to subparagraph seven of paragraph b of subdivision four of  section
nineteen  hundred  fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen hundred
fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen hundred fifty-one  of  the
education law; and shall be deemed to be a cooperative municipal service
for  purposes  of subparagraph two of paragraph d of subdivision four of
section nineteen hundred fifty of the education law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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