Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 01, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
May 24, 2016 |
print number 7823a |
May 24, 2016 |
amend and recommit to higher education |
May 12, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S7823A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S7823 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6304, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S2622
2015-S7823 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7823 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to financing of community colleges PURPOSE : Provides that the State must contribute 60 percent of the share of financing for new capital projects for community colleges. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill amends Education Law section 6304 to provide that the State must contribute 60 percent of the share of financing for new capital projects for community colleges. JUSTIFICATION : State support is key to getting new capital projects off the ground and it is vital that the State provide this support along with the local sponsor in order for there to be improvement on community college campuses. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : New Bill
2015-S7823 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7823 I N S E N A T E May 12, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to financing of community colleges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 6304 of the educa- tion law, as amended by chapter 295 of the laws of 1995 and the closing paragraph as added by chapter 492 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: c. The local sponsor or sponsors shall provide [one-half] SIXTY PERCENT of the amount of the capital costs, or so much as may be neces- sary, and one-third or, in the case of a college implementing a program of full opportunity for local residents, four-fifteenths of the operat- ing costs, or so much as may be necessary, by appropriations from gener- al revenues or from funds derived from special tax levies earmarked in part or whole for such purposes, by the use of gifts of money or, with the consent of the state university trustees, by the use of property, gifts of property or by the furnishing of services or, where a community college region is the local sponsor, in the manner provided by section sixty-three hundred ten of this [chapter] ARTICLE. Where the local spon- sor or sponsors provide all or a portion of its or their share of capi- tal or operating costs in real or personal property or in services, the valuation of such property and services for the purpose of determining the amount of state aid shall be made by the state university trustees with the approval of the director of the budget. Local sponsors and, in the case of community college regions, any county, city or school district which has appointed members to a community college regional board of trustees may authorize the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to the provisions of the local finance law to provide any portion or all of its requisite share of such costs for which a period of probable usefulness has been established in the local finance law. Where a county or city is the local sponsor of a community college, or appoints members to a community college regional board of trustees, the expenditures of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S7823A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6304, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
-
S2622
2015-S7823A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7823A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to financing of community colleges PURPOSE : Requires that New York State must provide seventy-five percent of the cost for capital critical maintenance for SUNY community colleges and sixty-percent of the cost of new capital construction projects for SUNY community colleges. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends education law section 6304(1)(c) to provide that the local sponsor or sponsors of a SUNY community college shall provide twenty-five percent of the amount of existing capital critical maintenance and forty percent of all other capital costs. Section 2. Amends education law section 6304(8)(a) subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) to provide that the local sponsor or sponsors of a SUNY community college shall provide twenty five percent of the amount of existing capital critical maintenance and fort percent of all other capital costs. Section 3. Sets forth the effective date.
2015-S7823A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7823--A I N S E N A T E May 12, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to financing of community colleges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 6304 of the educa- tion law, as amended by chapter 295 of the laws of 1995 and the closing paragraph as added by chapter 492 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: c. The local sponsor or sponsors shall provide [one-half] TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT of the amount of the COSTS OF ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING FACILITIES FOR CAPITAL CRITICAL MAINTENANCE, OR SO MUCH AS MAY BE NECESSARY, AND FORTY PERCENT OF ALL OTHER capital costs, or so much as may be necessary, and one-third or, in the case of a college imple- menting a program of full opportunity for local residents, four-fif- teenths of the operating costs, or so much as may be necessary, by appropriations from general revenues or from funds derived from special tax levies earmarked in part or whole for such purposes, by the use of gifts of money or, with the consent of the state university trustees, by the use of property, gifts of property or by the furnishing of services or, where a community college region is the local sponsor, in the manner provided by section sixty-three hundred ten of this [chapter] ARTICLE. Where the local sponsor or sponsors provide all or a portion of its or their share of capital or operating costs in real or personal property or in services, the valuation of such property and services for the purpose of determining the amount of state aid shall be made by the state university trustees with the approval of the director of the budg- et. Local sponsors and, in the case of community college regions, any county, city or school district which has appointed members to a commu- nity college regional board of trustees may authorize the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to the provisions of the local finance law to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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