Assembly Bill A4649

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires notification procedures to be established giving advance notice of certain construction projects in school buildings or a district leasing school property

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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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2019-A4649 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §421, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5829
2015-2016: A4269
2017-2018: A3233
2021-2022: A2489
2023-2024: A1647

2019-A4649 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notification procedures to be established requiring notice to be given prior to certain construction projects in school buildings or a district leasing school property.

2019-A4649 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4649
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring notification
   procedures to be established requiring notice to  be  given  prior  to
   certain  construction projects in school buildings or a district leas-
   ing school property

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 421 to
 read as follows:
   § 421. PRE-CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
 1.    THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL  ESTABLISH  NOTIFICA-
 TION  PROCEDURES  IN  ADVANCE  OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF TEN THOUSAND
 DOLLARS OR MORE TO BE CONDUCTED IN A SCHOOL BUILDING IN A  CITY  WITH  A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE, WHETHER THE BUILDING IS OWNED OR
 LEASED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR OF THE DISTRICT LEASING SCHOOL PROPER-
 TY.
   2. THE NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO BE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE NOTICE TO BE PROVIDED TO
 PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO USE OR ARE EXPECTED TO USE THE  SCHOOL  BUILDING
 WHERE  CONSTRUCTION  WILL  OCCUR,  RESIDENTS  OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE
 SCHOOL BUILDING IS LOCATED, ELECTED OFFICIALS OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
 STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
 SCHOOL  BUILDING IS LOCATED AND COMMUNITY BOARDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS TO  BE  ENTIRELY  INTERNAL
 AND  IS NOT DETERMINED TO CONSTITUTE SIGNIFICANT RECONSTRUCTION OR RENO-
 VATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, NOTIFICATION  NEED  ONLY  BE  PROVIDED  TO
 SCHOOL PERSONNEL, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS.  SUCH NOTICE REQUIREMENT MAY BE
 MET  BY PUBLICATION IN DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS, DIRECT MAILINGS, OR HOLDING
 A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT  TO  INFORM  PARENTS,  STUDENTS,  SCHOOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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