Senate Bill S7823A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the financing of community colleges

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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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2015-S7823 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6304, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2622

2015-S7823 - Summary

Relates to the financing of community colleges.

2015-S7823 - Sponsor Memo

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

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) - Summary

Relates to the financing of community colleges.

2015-S7823A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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