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                                  8133--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RODRIGUEZ  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported and
   referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to financing  by
   and through the dormitory authority for the Reece School; and to amend
   chapter  698  of  the laws of 1991 amending the public authorities law
   and the education law, relating to the construction and  financing  of
   facilities  by  the  dormitory  authority for private schools approved
   pursuant to article 89 of the education law, in relation to  including
   the Reece School, New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The undesignated paragraph of paragraph (b) of  subdivision
 2 of section 1676 of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 465
 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   The  Reece  School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement
 of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction,  reconstruction,
 rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise
 providing for, additional floors or facilities for education and therapy
 at their facility located at twenty-five East One Hundred Fourth  Street
 in  the  city  of  New  York, to serve as a school for special education
 students; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds  issued
 for  such purpose shall not exceed [twenty] THIRTY-FIVE million dollars.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE REECE SCHOOL SHALL  HAVE
 FULL  POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN AND PLEDGE TO THE DORMITORY AUTHORI-
 TY, ANY AND ALL PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE APPORTIONED OR OTHERWISE MADE PAYABLE
 BY THE UNITED STATES, ANY AGENCY THEREOF, THE STATE, ANY AGENCY THEREOF,
 A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENER-
 AL MUNICIPAL LAW, ANY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IN THE STATE OR ANY OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD13188-02-9

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 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY  IN  AN  AMOUNT  SUFFICIENT  TO  MAKE  ALL  PAYMENTS
 REQUIRED  TO BE MADE BY THE REECE SCHOOL TO ANY LEASE, SUBLEASE OR OTHER
 AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO  BETWEEN  THE  REECE  SCHOOL  AND  THE  DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY.  ALL  STATE  AND  LOCAL  OFFICERS  ARE  HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
 REQUIRED TO PAY ALL SUCH FUNDS SO ASSIGNED AND PLEDGED TO THE  DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY  OR,  UPON  THE  DIRECTION  OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY, TO ANY
 TRUSTEE OF ANY DORMITORY AUTHORITY BOND OR NOTE ISSUED,  PURSUANT  TO  A
 CERTIFICATE  FILED WITH ANY SUCH STATE OR LOCAL OFFICER BY THE DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. The undesignated paragraph of subdivision 1 of  section  1680  of
 the public authorities law, as added by chapter 465 of the laws of 2009,
 is amended to read as follows:
   The  Reece  School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement
 of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction,  reconstruction,
 rehabilitation,  improvement,  furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise
 providing for, additional floors or facilities for education and therapy
 at their facility located at twenty-five East One Hundred Fourth  Street
 in  the  city  of  New  York, to serve as a school for special education
 students; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds  issued
 for  such purpose shall not exceed [twenty] THIRTY-FIVE million dollars.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE REECE SCHOOL SHALL  HAVE
 FULL  POWER AND AUTHORITY TO ASSIGN AND PLEDGE TO THE DORMITORY AUTHORI-
 TY, ANY AND ALL PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE APPORTIONED OR OTHERWISE MADE PAYABLE
 BY THE UNITED STATES, ANY AGENCY THEREOF, THE STATE, ANY AGENCY THEREOF,
 A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENER-
 AL MUNICIPAL LAW, ANY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IN THE STATE OR ANY OTHER
 GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY  IN  AN  AMOUNT  SUFFICIENT  TO  MAKE  ALL  PAYMENTS
 REQUIRED  TO BE MADE BY THE REECE SCHOOL TO ANY LEASE, SUBLEASE OR OTHER
 AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO  BETWEEN  THE  REECE  SCHOOL  AND  THE  DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY.  ALL  STATE  AND  LOCAL  OFFICERS  ARE  HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
 REQUIRED TO PAY ALL SUCH FUNDS SO ASSIGNED AND PLEDGED TO THE  DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY  OR,  UPON  THE  DIRECTION  OF THE DORMITORY AUTHORITY, TO ANY
 TRUSTEE OF ANY DORMITORY AUTHORITY BOND OR NOTE ISSUED,  PURSUANT  TO  A
 CERTIFICATE  FILED WITH ANY SUCH STATE OR LOCAL OFFICER BY THE DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Section 7 of chapter 698 of the laws of 1991 amending the  public
 authorities  law and the education law, relating to the construction and
 financing of facilities by the dormitory authority for  private  schools
 approved  pursuant  to  article  89  of the education law, as separately
 amended by chapters 28 and 471 of the laws of 2006, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   §  7.  The  following private not-for-profit schools shall be eligible
 private not-for-profit schools for purposes of title 4 of article  8  of
 the  public  authorities law and, with respect to them, for the purposes
 of article 15-A of the executive law only, the dormitory authority shall
 be deemed a state agency as the term is used in such  article,  and  its
 contracts  for  design,  construction,  services  and materials shall be
 deemed state contracts within the meaning of that term as set  forth  in
 such article:
 Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York
 The Children's Home of Kingston, New York, Kingston, New York
 Hawthorne Foundation, Inc., also known as, Hawthorne Country Day School,
 Hawthorne, New York and Hawthorne Country Day School -- Manhattan Annex
 Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial, Inc., Yonkers, New York
 Ketchum-Grande Memorial School, aka Ketchum-Grande School, aka The
 Charlton School, Burnt Hills, New York

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 The Leake and Watts Children's Home, (Incorporated), Yonkers, New York
 LaSalle School, Inc., also known as LaSalle School, Albany, New York
 Northeast Parent and Child Society, Inc., Schenectady, New York
 Our Lady of Victory Home, Lackawanna, New York
 THE REECE SCHOOL, THE CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK
 Saint  Anne  Foundation, also known as Saint Anne Institute, Albany, New
 York
 The Summit School, also known as The Summit School, Inc.,  Upper  Nyack,
 New York.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.