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Assembly Bill A5659

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing aid to school districts for expenses related to the school districts' use of electricity, propane, natural gas, and/or heating oil

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2017-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6214
2011-2012: A6615
2013-2014: A4631
2015-2016: A4859

2017-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing aid to school districts for expenses related to the school districts' use of electricity, propane, natural gas, and/or heating oil for the school year.

2017-A5659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5659
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA, GIGLIO, GRAF -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M.  of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing aid to
   school districts for expenses related to the school districts' use  of
   electricity,  propane,  natural gas, and/or heating oil for the school
   year
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3602 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
   27. AID FOR ELECTRICITY, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS, AND/OR HEATING OIL  FOR
 THE  SCHOOL  YEAR.  A.  COMMENCING  WITH AID PAYABLE IN THE TWO THOUSAND
 SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER IS HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED TO APPORTION TO ANY SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AID  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  FOR  ITS  APPROVED EXPENDITURES, IN EXCESS OF BASE YEAR AID
 RECEIVED, FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO  THE  COST  OF  ELECTRICITY,  PROPANE,
 NATURAL GAS, AND/OR HEATING OIL FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
   B. AID PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL EQUAL TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COST FOR ITS USE OF ELECTRICITY, PROPANE, NATURAL
 GAS, AND/OR HEATING OIL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08525-01-7

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