Senate Bill S6885A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits the Springville-Griffith institute central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund

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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-S6885 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8910
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-n, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4452, A5021

2019-S6885 - Summary

Permits the Springville-Griffith institute central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund.

2019-S6885 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6885 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6885
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to permitting the
   Springville-Griffith institute central school district to establish an
   insurance reserve fund

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6-n of the gener-
 al  municipal law, as separately amended by chapters 318, 321, 325, 342,
 499, 509, 510 and 551 of the  laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (a)  The  governing board of any municipal corporation may establish a
 reserve fund to be  known  as  the  insurance  reserve  fund.  Upon  the
 creation  of  the  fund, the municipality may make expenditures from the
 fund for any loss, claim, action or judgment  for  which  the  municipal
 corporation is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance,
 except  those  kinds of risks for which insurance is authorized pursuant
 to paragraph one, two, three,  fifteen,  sixteen,  seventeen,  eighteen,
 twenty-two or twenty-three of subsection (a) of section one thousand one
 hundred  thirteen  of  the  insurance  law,  or  for payments in lieu of
 contributions under article eighteen of the labor law; provided however,
 that no municipality shall make an expenditure from such  fund  for  any
 loss,  claim, action or judgment for which the municipal corporation has
 established a reserve fund under any other provision of  law;  provided,
 further  that  the  Scarsdale union free school district, the Mamaroneck
 union free school district, the Minisink Valley central school district,
 the Vernon Verona Sherrill central school district, and the Ithaca  city
 school  district  and  the  Kenmore-Town  of Tonawanda union free school
 district, and the Bedford central school district and the  Grand  Island
 central  school  district and the Tonawanda city school district and the
 enlarged city school district of  Middletown,  THE  SPRINGVILLE-GRIFFITH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2019-S6885A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8910
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-n, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4452, A5021

2019-S6885A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the Springville-Griffith institute central school district to establish an insurance reserve fund.

2019-S6885A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6885A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6885--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to permitting the
   Springville-Griffith institute central school district to establish an
   insurance reserve fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6-n of the gener-
 al municipal law, as separately amended by chapters 318, 321, 325,  342,
 499,  509,  510  and  551  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) The governing board of any municipal corporation may  establish  a
 reserve  fund  to  be  known  as  the  insurance  reserve fund. Upon the
 creation of the fund, the municipality may make  expenditures  from  the
 fund  for  any  loss,  claim, action or judgment for which the municipal
 corporation is authorized or required to purchase or maintain insurance,
 except those kinds of risks for which insurance is  authorized  pursuant
 to  paragraph  one,  two,  three, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
 twenty-two or twenty-three of subsection (a) of section one thousand one
 hundred thirteen of the insurance  law,  or  for  payments  in  lieu  of
 contributions under article eighteen of the labor law; provided however,
 that  no  municipality  shall make an expenditure from such fund for any
 loss, claim, action or judgment for which the municipal corporation  has
 established  a  reserve fund under any other provision of law; provided,
 further that the Scarsdale union free school  district,  the  Mamaroneck
 union free school district, the Minisink Valley central school district,
 the  Vernon  Verona  Sherrill  central school district, [and] the Ithaca
 city school district [and], the Kenmore-Town  of  Tonawanda  union  free
 school  district,  [and]  the Bedford central school district [and], the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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