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                                 10019--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2020
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. ARROYO, DICKENS, TAYLOR, GLICK, MOSLEY, CRESPO,
   SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Libraries  and
   Education  Technology  --  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing all libraries
   of public institutions of higher  learning,  the  state  library,  and
   Indian libraries to be open to the public for providing census-related
   services; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 249 of the education law, as amended by chapter 261
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   § 249. State library, when open; use of books. 1.  The  state  library
 shall be kept open at least eight hours each day on five days every week
 in the year except the legal holidays known as Independence day, Thanks-
 giving day and Christmas day. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
 regents  from opening the state library on other days and times. Members
 of the legislature, judges of the court  of  appeals,  justices  of  the
 supreme court and heads of state departments may borrow from the library
 books  for  use in Albany, but shall be subject to such restrictions and
 penalties as may be prescribed by the regents for the safety or  greater
 usefulness  of  the  library.  Under  such  rules  and conditions as the
 regents may prescribe, the state library may lend its books and  printed
 material  for  a  limited  time  to  other  individuals and institutions
 conforming to said rules and conditions. Such service shall be  free  to
 residents  of  this state as far as practicable, but the regents may, in
 their discretion, charge a proper fee to nonresidents or for  assistance
 of  a personal nature or for other reason not properly an expense to the
 state, but which may be authorized for the accommodation of users of the
 library.
   2. THE STATE LIBRARY SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,  DURING  OPERATIONAL
 HOURS,   FOR  PURPOSES  OF  PROVIDING  THE  PUBLIC  WITH  CENSUS-RELATED
 SERVICES. CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 THE  USE  OF COMPUTERS, SECURE INTERNET ACCESS, AND TRANSLATION SERVICES
 IF SUCH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.  THE STATE LIBRARY MAY  COORDINATE  THEIR
 CENSUS-RELATED  SERVICES  WITH  ANY  RELEVANT  STATE AGENCIES. THE STATE
 LIBRARY,  IN  A  MANNER  DETERMINED BY SUCH INSTITUTION, SHALL ADVERTISE
 THESE CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES. ADVERTISING SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DISPLAYING SIGNAGE, PROVIDING BROCHURES,
 AND INCLUDING INFORMATION ON  CENSUS-RELATED  SERVICES  IN  ANY  DIGITAL
 COMMUNICATIONS.   THE STATE LIBRARY SHALL ALLOW NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS
 AND NONRESIDENTS ACCESS TO SUCH LIBRARY'S CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES  WITH-
 OUT REQUIRING ANY FEES, A LIBRARY CARD, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF IDENTIFICA-
 TION.
   §  2.  Section 249-a of the education law, as added by chapter 1048 of
 the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 249-a. Libraries of public institutions of higher education;  access
 and use. 1. The state university trustees and the board of higher educa-
 tion  of  the  city  of New York are hereby authorized to establish such
 rules and regulations as  may  be  necessary  and  appropriate  to  make
 provision  for  access  and  use  by  the  residents of the state of the
 libraries and library facilities of the public  institutions  of  higher
 education under their respective jurisdictions.
   2. ALL LIBRARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION MAY PERMIT
 THE  PUBLIC ACCESS, AT TIMES DETERMINED BY THE INSTITUTION, FOR PURPOSES
 OF PROVIDING THE PUBLIC  WITH  FREE  OF  COST  CENSUS-RELATED  SERVICES.
 CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE USE OF
 COMPUTERS,  SECURE  INTERNET ACCESS, AND CENSUS INFORMATION SERVICES, IF
 PROVIDED. IN ADDITION, ALL LIBRARIES OF PUBLIC  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION  MAY  ALLOW THE PUBLIC SIMILAR ACCESS TO TRANSLATION SERVICES,
 AS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, IN A MANNER  DETERMINED  BY  THE  INSTITUTION.
 LIBRARIES  OF  PUBLIC  INSTITUTIONS  OF  HIGHER EDUCATION MAY COORDINATE
 THEIR  CENSUS-RELATED  SERVICES  WITH  ANY  RELEVANT   STATE   AGENCIES.
 LIBRARIES  OF  PUBLIC  INSTITUTIONS  OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL ADVERTISE
 THESE CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES  WITHIN  THEIR  FACILITIES,  IN  A  MANNER
 DETERMINED  BY  THE  INSTITUTION.  ADVERTISING SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO,  DISPLAYING  SIGNAGE,  PROVIDING  BROCHURES,  AND  INCLUDING
 INFORMATION  ON  CENSUS-RELATED  SERVICES IN ANY DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.
 ALL LIBRARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL ALLOW NEW
 YORK STATE RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS ACCESS TO SUCH  LIBRARY'S  CENSUS-
 RELATED  SERVICES,  IN  A  MANNER DETERMINED BY THE INSTITUTION, WITHOUT
 REQUIRING ANY FEES OR A STUDENT OR LIBRARY CARD.
   § 3. Section 262 of the education law, as amended by  chapter  476  of
 the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 262. Use  of  public  and  Indian libraries. 1. Every library estab-
 lished under section two hundred fifty-five of this [chapter] PART shall
 be forever free to the inhabitants of the municipality  or  district  or
 Indian reservation, which establishes it, subject always to rules of the
 library  trustees  who  shall  have  authority to exclude any person who
 wilfully violates such rules; and the trustees may,  under  such  condi-
 tions  as  they think expedient, extend the privileges of the library to
 persons living outside such municipality or district or Indian  reserva-
 tion.
   2.  ALL  PUBLIC  AND INDIAN LIBRARIES MAY, AT SUCH INDIAN TRIBE'S SOLE
 DISCRETION, BE  OPEN  TO  THE  PUBLIC,  DURING  OPERATIONAL  HOURS,  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES.  CENSUS-
 RELATED SERVICES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  THE  USE  OF
 COMPUTERS,  SECURE  INTERNET  ACCESS,  TRANSLATION  SERVICES, AND CENSUS
 INFORMATION SERVICES, IF PROVIDED. PUBLIC AND INDIAN LIBRARIES MAY COOR-

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 DINATE THEIR CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES WITH ANY RELEVANT  STATE  AGENCIES.
 PUBLIC  AND INDIAN LIBRARIES MAY ADVERTISE THESE CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES
 WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES, IN A  MANNER  DETERMINED  BY  THE  INSTITUTION.
 ADVERTISING  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DISPLAYING SIGNAGE,
 PROVIDING  BROCHURES,  AND  INCLUDING  INFORMATION   ON   CENSUS-RELATED
 SERVICES IN ANY DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.  ALL PUBLIC AND INDIAN LIBRARIES
 MAY,  AT SUCH INDIAN TRIBE'S SOLE DISCRETION, ALLOW NEW YORK STATE RESI-
 DENTS AND NONRESIDENTS ACCESS TO SUCH LIBRARY'S CENSUS-RELATED SERVICES,
 IN A MANNER DETERMINED BY THE INSTITUTION, WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY FEES, A
 LIBRARY CARD, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF IDENTIFICATION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed on January 1, 2021.