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Assembly Bill A9953

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay for all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school crossing guards

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2015-A9953 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1533
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง208-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A2954, S367

2015-A9953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay for all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school crossing guards.

2015-A9953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9953

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend the  general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
  educational institutions to  pay  the  salaries  and  compensation  of
  school crossing guards

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

  Section 1. Section 208-a of the general municipal law, as  amended  by
chapter 131 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
  S 208-a. School guards.  The duly constituted authorities of any city,
town,  or village or any county police department or police district may
designate, authorize and appoint  such  a  number  of  persons  as  such
authority  shall  deem necessary, and at such salaries as such authority
shall deem advisable, as school crossing guards  to  aid  in  protecting
school  children going to and from school, and church crossing guards to
aid in protecting persons going to and from places of worship,  and  for
such  purpose  shall have power to control vehicular traffic within such
municipality. A PUBLIC SCHOOL, SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
TUTION MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUN-
TY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DISTRICT WHEREBY SUCH EDUCATIONAL  INSTI-
TUTION  PAYS  ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF THE
SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS OF SUCH INSTI-
TUTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07105-01-5

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