Assembly Bill A10347

Vetoed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Removes financial disincentives for voluntary public library system and reference and research library resources system mergers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10347 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7239
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง273, Ed L

2011-A10347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes financial disincentives for voluntary public library system and reference and research library resources system mergers.

2011-A10347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10347

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 23, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Libraries and Education Technology

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state aid to libraries
  and library systems

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  273  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph o to read as follows:
  O.  ANY  NEW  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  SYSTEM ESTABLISHED THROUGH MERGER ON OR
AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE,  SHALL  RECEIVE  NO  LESS  STATE
FORMULA  AID  THAN THE COMPONENT PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS WERE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE UNDER THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO AND  TWO
HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS PART IN THE FISCAL YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEED-
ING THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MERGER IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
  S  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 273 of the education law is amended by
adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D. ANY NEW REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM ESTABLISHED
THROUGH MERGER ON OR AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE,  SHALL
RECEIVE  NO  LESS  STATE  FORMULA  AID  THAN THE COMPONENT REFERENCE AND
RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEMS WERE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE  UNDER  THIS
SECTION  AND  SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART IN THE FISCAL
YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MERGER IS APPROVED  BY
THE COMMISSIONER.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15509-01-2

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