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Assembly Bill A3164

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring school districts to be part of county-wide shared services panels

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2019-A3164 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7605
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §119-o, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10808
2021-2022: A3754

2019-A3164 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to be part of county-wide shared services panels.

2019-A3164 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3164
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   school districts to be part of county-wide shared services panels
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 119-o  of  the  general  municipal
 law, as added by section 2 of part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2018,
 is amended and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
   4.  Any [school district or] board of cooperative educational services
 may join a panel established pursuant to article twelve-I of this  chap-
 ter, and may further participate in any of the activities of such panel,
 with  any participating county, town, city, village, fire district, fire
 protection district, or special improvement  district  participating  in
 such   panels.  For  cooperative  agreements  which  involve  functions,
 services, or provisions permitted by  this  section,  [school  districts
 and]  boards  of  cooperative educational services shall be permitted to
 create and execute such agreements, when a part of the activity of  such
 panel, without opinion or approval of the state education department.
   5.  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SHALL JOIN EACH COUNTY-WIDE SHARED SERVICES
 PANEL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWELVE-I OF THIS CHAPTER FOR  EACH
 COUNTY  IN  WHICH THEIR DISTRICT IS LOCATED, AND MAY FURTHER PARTICIPATE
 IN ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH PANEL, WITH ANY  PARTICIPATING  COUNTY,
 TOWN, CITY, VILLAGE, FIRE DISTRICT, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, OR SPECIAL
 IMPROVEMENT  DISTRICT  PARTICIPATING  IN  SUCH  PANELS.  FOR COOPERATIVE
 AGREEMENTS WHICH INVOLVE FUNCTIONS, SERVICES, OR PROVISIONS PERMITTED BY
 THIS SECTION, SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO CREATE AND  EXECUTE
 SUCH  AGREEMENTS,  WHEN  A  PART  OF THE ACTIVITY OF SUCH PANEL, WITHOUT
 OPINION OR APPROVAL OF THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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