NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A10836B

Assembly Bill A10836B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to project costs for buildings of public libraries located in economically distressed communities

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Jun 18, 2018	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 14, 2018	amended on third reading 10836b
Jun 12, 2018	amended on third reading (t) 10836a
Jun 12, 2018	ordered to third reading rules cal.131 rules report cal.131
Jun 11, 2018	reported
Jun 07, 2018	reported referred to rules
Jun 06, 2018	reported referred to ways and means
May 23, 2018	referred to libraries and education technology

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2017-A10836 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8289
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §273-a, Ed L; amd §2, Chap 498 of 2011
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A3771

2017-A10836 - Summary

Provides that state aid may be provided for up to 90% of the total project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically distressed community; extends certain provisions of the public library construction grant program authorizing grants for the purchase of property for library construction and increased aid for economically disadvantaged communities, until 2025.

2017-A10836 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10836
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  project  costs  for
   buildings  of  public  libraries  located  in  economically distressed
   communities; and to amend chapter 498 of the laws of 2011 amending the
   education law  relating  to  the  public  library  construction  grant
   program, in relation to extending the provisions of such chapter
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 273-a of the education law, as amended  by  chapter
 498  of the laws of 2011, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 480 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 273-a. State aid for library construction. 1.  State  aid  shall  be
 provided  for  up  to fifty percent of the total project approved costs,
 excluding feasibility studies, plans or similar activities, for projects
 for the installation and infrastructure of broadband services,  and  for
 the  acquisition of vacant land and the acquisition, construction, reno-
 vation or rehabilitation, including leasehold improvements, of buildings
 of public libraries and library systems chartered by the regents of  the
 state  of  New  York or established by act of the legislature subject to
 the limitations provided in subdivision [five] SIX of this  section  and
 upon approval by the commissioner, except that state aid may be provided
 for  up  to seventy-five percent of the total project approved costs for
 buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically disad-
 vantaged community AND THAT STATE AID MAY BE PROVIDED FOR UP  TO  NINETY
 PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  PROJECT  APPROVED COSTS FOR BUILDINGS OF PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES THAT ARE LOCATED  IN  AN  ECONOMICALLY  DISTRESSED  COMMUNITY.
 Provided  however that the state liability for aid paid pursuant to this
 section shall be limited to funds appropriated  for  such  purpose.  Aid
 shall  be  provided  on  approved  expenses  incurred  during the period
 commencing July first and ending June thirtieth for up to  three  years,
 or until the project is completed, whichever occurs first. Fifty percent
 of  such aid shall be payable to each system or library upon approval of
 the application by the department. Forty percent of such  aid  shall  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15926-02-8

 A. 10836                            2
 
 payable  in  the next state fiscal year. The remaining ten percent shall
 be payable upon project completion.
   2.  Each  application for state aid shall be submitted by the board of
 trustees of the library or library system responsible for the  operation
 of  the  subject  building to the commissioner for his OR HER review and
 approval, after having been reviewed and approved by the governing board
 of the public library system of which such library  is  a  member.  Each
 application shall:
   a. demonstrate that resources are or shall be available to provide for
 maximum utilization of the project if approved;
   b.  contain  verification  in  such  form  as may be acceptable to the
 commissioner that the total cost of the project, exclusive of state aid,
 has been or will be obtained;
   c. demonstrate that library operations would be made  more  economical
 as a consequence of approval;
   d.  be  limited to one project concerning such building, provided that
 no building shall be the subject of more than one application per year;
   e. contain documentation, where such an application requests state aid
 in an amount greater than fifty percent, demonstrating how  the  project
 will address the service needs of one or more economically disadvantaged
 communities.  Such  documentation  may  demonstrate need through poverty
 rates, concentrations of English  language  learners,  low  high  school
 graduation  rates,  limited  fiscal  capacity or other relevant factors;
 [and]
   f. CONTAIN DOCUMENTATION, WHERE SUCH AN APPLICATION REQUESTS STATE AID
 IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT,  DEMONSTRATING  HOW  THE
 PROJECT  WILL  ADDRESS  THE  SERVICE  NEEDS  OF ONE OR MORE ECONOMICALLY
 DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. AN APPLICATION MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THE AVERAGE
 POVERTY RATE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE LIBRARY'S SERVICE AREA  ARE  AT  OR
 BELOW  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  AVERAGE USING FEDERAL CENSUS DATA; AND THE
 LIBRARY MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT IT LACKS THE CAPACITY TO  PROVIDE  TWENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COSTS; AND
   G.  provide  such  other information as may be required by the commis-
 sioner.
   3. In approving any application that would receive  state  aid  beyond
 fifty percent of the total project approved costs, the board of trustees
 of  the library system shall give particular attention to addressing the
 library service  needs  of  economically  disadvantaged  communities  as
 provided for in paragraph e of subdivision two of this section.
   4.  IN  APPROVING  ANY APPLICATION THAT WOULD RECEIVE STATE AID BEYOND
 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT APPROVED COSTS, THE  BOARD  OF
 TRUSTEES  OF  THE  LIBRARY  SYSTEM  SHALL  GIVE  PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
 ADDRESSING THE LIBRARY SERVICE NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNI-
 TIES AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION.
 NO  MORE  THAN  TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO A LIBRARY
 SYSTEM IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION MAY BE  USED  TO  SUPPORT  THE
 TOTAL  COSTS  FOR  PROJECTS THAT WOULD RECEIVE STATE AID BEYOND SEVENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT APPROVED COSTS.
   5. In approving any application the commissioner  shall  consider  the
 condition  of  existing  libraries  and, where appropriate, the needs of
 isolated or economically disadvantaged  communities,  provided  that  no
 application  shall  be  approved  for  a  project  that is deemed by the
 commissioner to have been completed prior to the date  of  the  applica-
 tion.
   [5.] 6. Aid shall be distributed pursuant to this section as follows:

 A. 10836                            3
 
   a.  sixty  percent  of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
 shall be made available to libraries within each system by  the  commis-
 sioner in such manner as to insure that the ratio of the amount received
 within  each  system  to the whole of the aid made available pursuant to
 this  paragraph is no greater than the ratio of the population served by
 such system to the population of the state;
   b. forty percent of the funds appropriated pursuant  to  this  section
 shall  be  made  available  to  library systems or libraries within each
 system by the commissioner in such manner as to  insure  that  an  equal
 amount is received within each system in the state;
   c.  any  funds  made  available  pursuant  to paragraph a or b of this
 subdivision which by April first of each  succeeding  fiscal  year,  are
 declined  by  such libraries or library systems for any reason, or which
 cannot otherwise be used by such libraries or library  systems  for  any
 reason,  shall  be  made available by the commissioner to other eligible
 libraries within such system, or if no such library can use  such  funds
 shall be reallocated among the other library systems and their libraries
 in  a  manner that will to the extent possible provide from such reallo-
 cated funds an equal amount to each such system.
   [6.] 7. The commissioner shall adopt  rules  and  regulations  as  are
 necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.
   [7.]  8.  The  commissioner shall submit to the temporary president of
 the senate and the speaker of the assembly an annual  report  describing
 those  projects  that  have received state funding of greater than fifty
 percent of project costs and the  communities  to  be  served  by  those
 projects.
   §  2. Section 2 of chapter 498 of the laws of 2011 amending the educa-
 tion law relating to the public library construction grant  program,  as
 amended  by  chapter  148  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, [2020] 2025.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
 the amendments to section 273-a of the education law made by section one
 of  this  act  shall  not  affect  the  expiration and reversion of such
 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

2017-A10836A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8289
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §273-a, Ed L; amd §2, Chap 498 of 2011
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A3771

2017-A10836A - Summary

2017-A10836A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10836--A
                                                            R. R. 131
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Libraries and Education Technology -- reported and referred  to
   the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means  --  reported and referred to the
   Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading  --  amended  on  the
   special  order of third reading, ordered reprinted as amended, retain-
   ing its place on the special order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  project  costs  for
   buildings  of  public  libraries  located  in  economically distressed
   communities; to amend chapter 498 of the laws  of  2011  amending  the
   education  law  relating  to  the  public  library  construction grant
   program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and  providing  for
   the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 273-a of the education law, as amended  by  chapter
 498  of the laws of 2011, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 480 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 273-a. State aid for library construction. 1.  State  aid  shall  be
 provided  for  up  to fifty percent of the total project approved costs,
 excluding feasibility studies, plans or similar activities, for projects
 for the installation and infrastructure of broadband services,  and  for
 the  acquisition of vacant land and the acquisition, construction, reno-
 vation or rehabilitation, including leasehold improvements, of buildings
 of public libraries and library systems chartered by the regents of  the
 state  of  New  York or established by act of the legislature subject to
 the limitations provided in subdivision [five] SIX of this  section  and
 upon approval by the commissioner, except that state aid may be provided
 for  up  to seventy-five percent of the total project approved costs for
 buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically disad-
 vantaged community AND THAT STATE AID MAY BE PROVIDED FOR UP  TO  NINETY
 PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  PROJECT  APPROVED COSTS FOR BUILDINGS OF PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES THAT ARE LOCATED  IN  AN  ECONOMICALLY  DISTRESSED  COMMUNITY.
 Provided  however that the state liability for aid paid pursuant to this
 section shall be limited to funds appropriated  for  such  purpose.  Aid

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15926-09-8

 A. 10836--A                         2
 
 shall  be  provided  on  approved  expenses  incurred  during the period
 commencing July first and ending June thirtieth for up to  three  years,
 or until the project is completed, whichever occurs first. Fifty percent
 of  such aid shall be payable to each system or library upon approval of
 the application by the department. Forty percent of such  aid  shall  be
 payable  in  the next state fiscal year. The remaining ten percent shall
 be payable upon project completion.
   2. Each application for state aid shall be submitted by the  board  of
 trustees  of the library or library system responsible for the operation
 of the subject building to the commissioner for his OR  HER  review  and
 approval, after having been reviewed and approved by the governing board
 of  the  public  library  system of which such library is a member. Each
 application shall:
   a. demonstrate that resources are or shall be available to provide for
 maximum utilization of the project if approved;
   b. contain verification in such form  as  may  be  acceptable  to  the
 commissioner that the total cost of the project, exclusive of state aid,
 has been or will be obtained;
   c.  demonstrate  that library operations would be made more economical
 as a consequence of approval;
   d. be limited to one project concerning such building,  provided  that
 no building shall be the subject of more than one application per year;
   e. contain documentation, where such an application requests state aid
 in  an  amount greater than fifty percent, demonstrating how the project
 will address the service needs of one or more economically disadvantaged
 communities. Such documentation may  demonstrate  need  through  poverty
 rates,  concentrations  of  English  language  learners, low high school
 graduation rates, limited fiscal capacity  or  other  relevant  factors;
 [and]
   f. CONTAIN DOCUMENTATION, WHERE SUCH AN APPLICATION REQUESTS STATE AID
 IN  AN  AMOUNT  GREATER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT, DEMONSTRATING HOW THE
 PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE SERVICE  NEEDS  OF  ONE  OR  MORE  ECONOMICALLY
 DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. AN APPLICATION MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THE AVERAGE
 POVERTY  RATE  WITHIN  THE LIBRARY'S SERVICE AREA IS EQUAL TO OR GREATER
 THAN THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE POVERTY RATE USING FEDERAL CENSUS  DATA;
 AND
   G.  provide  such  other information as may be required by the commis-
 sioner.
   3. In approving any application that would receive  state  aid  beyond
 fifty percent of the total project approved costs, the board of trustees
 of  the library system shall give particular attention to addressing the
 library service  needs  of  economically  disadvantaged  communities  as
 provided for in paragraph e of subdivision two of this section.
   4.  IN  APPROVING  ANY APPLICATION THAT WOULD RECEIVE STATE AID BEYOND
 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT APPROVED COSTS, THE  BOARD  OF
 TRUSTEES  OF  THE  LIBRARY  SYSTEM  SHALL  GIVE  PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
 ADDRESSING THE LIBRARY SERVICE NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNI-
 TIES AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION.
 NO  MORE  THAN  TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO A LIBRARY
 SYSTEM IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION MAY BE  USED  TO  SUPPORT  THE
 TOTAL  COSTS  FOR  PROJECTS THAT WOULD RECEIVE STATE AID BEYOND SEVENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT APPROVED COSTS.
   5. In approving any application the commissioner  shall  consider  the
 condition  of  existing  libraries  and, where appropriate, the needs of
 isolated or economically disadvantaged  communities,  provided  that  no
 application  shall  be  approved  for  a  project  that is deemed by the

 A. 10836--A                         3
 
 commissioner to have been completed prior to the date  of  the  applica-
 tion.
   [5.] 6. Aid shall be distributed pursuant to this section as follows:
   a.  sixty  percent  of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
 shall be made available to libraries within each system by  the  commis-
 sioner in such manner as to insure that the ratio of the amount received
 within  each  system  to the whole of the aid made available pursuant to
 this paragraph is no greater than the ratio of the population served  by
 such system to the population of the state;
   b.  forty  percent  of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section
 shall be made available to library  systems  or  libraries  within  each
 system  by  the  commissioner  in such manner as to insure that an equal
 amount is received within each system in the state;
   c. any funds made available pursuant to  paragraph  a  or  b  of  this
 subdivision  which  by  April  first of each succeeding fiscal year, are
 declined by such libraries or library systems for any reason,  or  which
 cannot  otherwise  be  used by such libraries or library systems for any
 reason, shall be made available by the commissioner  to  other  eligible
 libraries  within  such system, or if no such library can use such funds
 shall be reallocated among the other library systems and their libraries
 in a manner that will to the extent possible provide from  such  reallo-
 cated funds an equal amount to each such system.
   [6.]  7.  The  commissioner  shall  adopt rules and regulations as are
 necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.
   [7.] 8. The commissioner shall submit to the  temporary  president  of
 the  senate  and the speaker of the assembly an annual report describing
 those projects that have received state funding of  greater  than  fifty
 percent  of  project  costs  and  the  communities to be served by those
 projects.
   § 2. Section 2 of chapter 498 of the laws of 2011 amending the  educa-
 tion  law  relating to the public library construction grant program, as
 amended by chapter 148 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law [and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed March 31, 2020].
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
 the amendments to section 273-a of the education law made by section one
 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31, 2025.

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2017-A10836B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8289
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §273-a, Ed L; amd §2, Chap 498 of 2011
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: A3771

2017-A10836B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-A10836B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10836--B
                                                            R. R. 131
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRETT, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology  --  reported  and
   referred  to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported and referred
   to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading -- amended  on
   the  special  order  of  third  reading, ordered reprinted as amended,
   retaining its place on the special order of  third  reading  --  again
   amended  on special order of third reading, ordered reprinted, retain-
   ing its place on the special order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  project  costs  for
   buildings  of  public  libraries  located  in  economically distressed
   communities; to amend chapter 498 of the laws  of  2011  amending  the
   education  law  relating  to  the  public  library  construction grant
   program, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and  providing  for
   the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 273-a of the education law, as amended  by  chapter
 498  of the laws of 2011, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 480 of the
 laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   § 273-a. State aid for library construction. 1.  State  aid  shall  be
 provided  for  up  to fifty percent of the total project approved costs,
 excluding feasibility studies, plans or similar activities, for projects
 for the installation and infrastructure of broadband services,  and  for
 the  acquisition of vacant land and the acquisition, construction, reno-
 vation or rehabilitation, including leasehold improvements, of buildings
 of public libraries and library systems chartered by the regents of  the
 state  of  New  York or established by act of the legislature subject to
 the limitations provided in subdivision [five] SIX of this  section  and
 upon approval by the commissioner, except that state aid may be provided
 for  up  to seventy-five percent of the total project approved costs for
 buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically disad-
 vantaged community AND THAT STATE AID MAY BE PROVIDED FOR UP  TO  NINETY
 PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  PROJECT  APPROVED COSTS FOR BUILDINGS OF PUBLIC
 LIBRARIES THAT ARE LOCATED  IN  AN  ECONOMICALLY  DISTRESSED  COMMUNITY.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15926-10-8

 A. 10836--B                         2
 
 Provided  however that the state liability for aid paid pursuant to this
 section shall be limited to funds appropriated  for  such  purpose.  Aid
 shall  be  provided  on  approved  expenses  incurred  during the period
 commencing  July  first and ending June thirtieth for up to three years,
 or until the project is completed, whichever occurs first. Fifty percent
 of such aid shall be payable to ; and to amend a chapter of the laws  of
 2014,  enacting  the state operations budget each system or library upon
 approval of the application by the department. Forty percent of such aid
 shall be payable in the  next  state  fiscal  year.  The  remaining  ten
 percent shall be payable upon project completion.
   2.  Each  application for state aid shall be submitted by the board of
 trustees of the library or library system responsible for the  operation
 of  the  subject  building to the commissioner for his OR HER review and
 approval, after having been reviewed and approved by the governing board
 of the public library system of which such library  is  a  member.  Each
 application shall:
   a. demonstrate that resources are or shall be available to provide for
 maximum utilization of the project if approved;
   b.  contain  verification  in  such  form  as may be acceptable to the
 commissioner that the total cost of the project, exclusive of state aid,
 has been or will be obtained;
   c. demonstrate that library operations would be made  more  economical
 as a consequence of approval;
   d.  be  limited to one project concerning such building, provided that
 no building shall be the subject of more than one application per year;
   e. contain documentation, where such an application requests state aid
 in an amount greater than fifty percent, demonstrating how  the  project
 will address the service needs of one or more economically disadvantaged
 communities.  Such  documentation  may  demonstrate need through poverty
 rates, concentrations of English  language  learners,  low  high  school
 graduation  rates,  limited  fiscal  capacity or other relevant factors;
 [and]
   f. CONTAIN DOCUMENTATION, WHERE SUCH AN APPLICATION REQUESTS STATE AID
 IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT,  DEMONSTRATING  HOW  THE
 PROJECT  WILL  ADDRESS  THE  SERVICE  NEEDS  OF ONE OR MORE ECONOMICALLY
 DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. AN APPLICATION MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THE AVERAGE
 POVERTY RATE WITHIN THE LIBRARY'S SERVICE AREA IS EQUAL  TO  OR  GREATER
 THAN  THE NEW YORK STATE AVERAGE POVERTY RATE USING FEDERAL CENSUS DATA;
 AND THE LIBRARY MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT IT LACKS THE CAPACITY  TO  PROVIDE
 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COSTS; AND
   G.  provide  such  other information as may be required by the commis-
 sioner.
   3. In approving any application that would receive  state  aid  beyond
 fifty percent of the total project approved costs, the board of trustees
 of  the library system shall give particular attention to addressing the
 library service  needs  of  economically  disadvantaged  communities  as
 provided for in paragraph e of subdivision two of this section.
   4.  IN  APPROVING  ANY APPLICATION THAT WOULD RECEIVE STATE AID BEYOND
 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT APPROVED COSTS, THE  BOARD  OF
 TRUSTEES  OF  THE  LIBRARY  SYSTEM  SHALL  GIVE  PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
 ADDRESSING THE LIBRARY SERVICE NEEDS OF ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNI-
 TIES AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS  SECTION.
 NO  MORE  THAN  TEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO A LIBRARY
 SYSTEM IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION MAY BE  USED  TO  SUPPORT  THE
 TOTAL  COSTS  FOR  PROJECTS THAT WOULD RECEIVE STATE AID BEYOND SEVENTY-
 FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT APPROVED COSTS.

 A. 10836--B                         3
 
   5. In approving any application the commissioner  shall  consider  the
 condition  of  existing  libraries  and, where appropriate, the needs of
 isolated or economically disadvantaged  communities,  provided  that  no
 application  shall  be  approved  for  a  project  that is deemed by the
 commissioner  to  have  been completed prior to the date of the applica-
 tion.
   [5.] 6. Aid shall be distributed pursuant to this section as follows:
   a. sixty percent of the funds appropriated pursuant  to  this  section
 shall  be  made available to libraries within each system by the commis-
 sioner in such manner as to insure that the ratio of the amount received
 within each system to the whole of the aid made  available  pursuant  to
 this  paragraph is no greater than the ratio of the population served by
 such system to the population of the state;
   b. forty percent of the funds appropriated pursuant  to  this  section
 shall  be  made  available  to  library systems or libraries within each
 system by the commissioner in such manner as to  insure  that  an  equal
 amount is received within each system in the state;
   c.  any  funds  made  available  pursuant  to paragraph a or b of this
 subdivision which by April first of each  succeeding  fiscal  year,  are
 declined  by  such libraries or library systems for any reason, or which
 cannot otherwise be used by such libraries or library  systems  for  any
 reason,  shall  be  made available by the commissioner to other eligible
 libraries within such system, or if no such library can use  such  funds
 shall be reallocated among the other library systems and their libraries
 in  a  manner that will to the extent possible provide from such reallo-
 cated funds an equal amount to each such system.
   [6.] 7. The commissioner shall adopt  rules  and  regulations  as  are
 necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.
   [7.]  8.  The  commissioner shall submit to the temporary president of
 the senate and the speaker of the assembly an annual  report  describing
 those  projects  that  have received state funding of greater than fifty
 percent of project costs and the  communities  to  be  served  by  those
 projects.
   §  2. Section 2 of chapter 498 of the laws of 2011 amending the educa-
 tion law relating to the public library construction grant  program,  as
 amended  by  chapter  148  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which it shall have become a law [and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed March 31, 2020].
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
 the amendments to section 273-a of the education law made by section one
 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed March 31, 2025.

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