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                                   7082
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 203 of the laws of 1957 authorizing the town  of
   Ballston, Saratoga county, to establish a public library for that part
   of  the  town  located outside of the incorporated village of Ballston
   Spa, in relation to providing for the election of trustees  and  voter
   approval  of the tax levy of such library district; and to amend chap-
   ter 672 of the laws of  1993,  amending  the  public  authorities  law
   relating  to  the construction and financing of facilities for certain
   public libraries, in relation  to  including  the  Ballston  Community
   Public Library
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Chapter 203 of the laws of 1957  authorizing  the  town  of
 Ballston,  Saratoga  county, to establish a public library for that part
 of the town located outside of the incorporated village of Ballston Spa,
 is amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. 1. CREATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT. Notwithstanding the
 provisions of any general or local law to  the  contrary,  the  town  of
 Ballston, Saratoga county, is hereby authorized, by action of a majority
 of  its  electors residing outside of the limits of the village of Ball-
 ston Spa, to establish a public library with or  without  branches,  and
 such town is hereby authorized to raise money by tax, to equip and main-
 tain  such  library  or libraries and to provide a building or rooms for
 its or their use. Such tax shall be a charge upon the  taxable  property
 of  that  part of the town outside of the limits of the village of Ball-
 ston Spa. [Such town is hereby authorized to acquire  real  or  personal
 property  for  the purposes of such library or libraries by gift, grant,
 devise, bequest or condemnation. Except as otherwise  provided  by  this
 act,  the  provisions  of the education law relating to public libraries

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 shall be applicable to a public library established in pursuance of this
 act.]
   2. A VOTE HAVING BEEN HELD ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1957, CREATING A
 LIBRARY  DISTRICT  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY SECTION ONE OF THIS ACT, THERE WAS
 HEREBY CREATED AND ESTABLISHED IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  SARATOGA,  A  PUBLIC
 LIBRARY DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES THE AREA CREATED BY THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUND-
 ARIES OF THE TOWN OF BALLSTON EXCLUDING THE VILLAGE OF BALLSTON SPA. THE
 PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DISTRICT  HAS  BEEN OPERATING AS THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY
 PUBLIC LIBRARY.
   § 2. ELECTION. 1. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  ACT
 SHALL  NOT OPERATE AS PROPOSED IN SECTIONS TWO THROUGH SEVEN OF THIS ACT
 UNLESS AND UNTIL THE BUDGET PROPOSED PER THIS ACT IS  APPROVED  AND  THE
 INITIAL  PROPOSED  BUDGET  IS  APPROVED BY A VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE
 QUALIFIED VOTERS VOTING IN AN ELECTION HELD PURSUANT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING
 PROVISIONS:
   UPON  RECEIPT OF A PETITION SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE VOTERS
 QUALIFIED TO VOTE AT A GENERAL TOWN ELECTION, THE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES  OF
 THE  EXISTING  BALLSTON  COMMUNITY  PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL GIVE NOTICE AND
 HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL TO CREATE A PUBLIC LIBRARY
 DISTRICT, NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO AN ELECTION TO BE  HELD  ON
 OR  BEFORE  NOVEMBER  15, 2023, OR IF THE BUDGET DOES NOT PASS, NOVEMBER
 15, 2024. IF A MAJORITY OF THE  VOTERS  APPROVE  THE  FORMATION  OF  THE
 DISTRICT,  THEN  THE DISTRICT SHALL COME INTO EXISTENCE ON THE TERMS AND
 CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS ACT. AT SUCH ELECTION THE ISSUE  SHALL  BE:
 (A)  WHETHER THE INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
 BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL BE CREATED OR NOT; AND  (B)  THE
 ELECTION  OF SEVEN TRUSTEES AS PROVIDED BY THIS ACT. THE TRUSTEES OF THE
 BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH ELECTION  BY
 THE  PUBLICATION  OF A NOTICE IN ONE OR MORE NEWSPAPERS HAVING A GENERAL
 CIRCULATION IN THE DISTRICT TO BE SERVED.  THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF SUCH
 NOTICE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR  TO  THE  DATE  OF  SUCH
 ELECTION.  IN  ADDITION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY
 PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL CAUSE COPIES OF SUCH NOTICE TO BE POSTED  CONSPICU-
 OUSLY  IN THREE PUBLIC PLACES IN THE DISTRICT AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR
 TO THE DATE OF SUCH ELECTION AND ON THE LIBRARY'S WEB PAGE. SUCH  NOTICE
 SHALL  SPECIFY  THE  TIME WHEN AND THE PLACE WHERE SUCH ELECTION WILL BE
 HELD, THE ISSUES TO BE DECIDED AT SUCH ELECTION  AND  THE  HOURS  DURING
 WHICH  POLLS  WILL  BE  OPEN  FOR  THE RECEIPT OF BALLOTS THEREOF AT ALL
 ELECTIONS FROM 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M. THE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES  OF  THE
 BALLSTON  COMMUNITY  PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL DESIGNATE A RESIDENT QUALIFIED
 VOTER OF SUCH DISTRICT TO ACT AS CHAIRPERSON OF  ANY  ELECTION  OF  SUCH
 DISTRICT  AND SHALL DESIGNATE NOT LESS THAN TWO NOR MORE THAN FOUR RESI-
 DENT QUALIFIED VOTERS TO ACT AS ELECTION INSPECTORS AND BALLOT CLERKS AT
 SUCH ELECTIONS. NO TRUSTEE SHALL SERVE AS CHAIRPERSON OR AS AN  ELECTION
 INSPECTOR  OR BALLOT CLERK. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION
 PROVIDING THAT SUCH CHAIRPERSON, ELECTION INSPECTORS AND  BALLOT  CLERKS
 SHALL  BE  PAID  FOR  THEIR RESPECTIVE SERVICES AT THE INITIAL ELECTION.
 SUCH RESOLUTION, IF ADOPTED, SHALL FIX REASONABLE COMPENSATION  FOR  THE
 SERVICES OF SUCH OFFICIALS. EVERY VOTER OF THE DISTRICT, OTHERWISE QUAL-
 IFIED  TO  VOTE  AT  A  TOWN ELECTION SHALL BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE AT SUCH
 ELECTION. AFTER THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED AT  SUCH  ELECTION,  THE  ELECTION
 INSPECTORS  AND THE BALLOT CLERKS SHALL IMMEDIATELY CANVASS PUBLICLY THE
 BALLOTS CAST AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ELECTION SHALL PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE
 THE  RESULT.  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS  THEREAFTER,  THE  CHAIRPERSON,
 ELECTION  INSPECTORS  AND BALLOT CLERKS SHALL EXECUTE AND FILE A CERTIF-
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 ICATE OF THE RESULT OF THE CANVASS WITH THE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES  AND  THE
 TOWN CLERK OF BALLSTON.
   2.  IN THE EVENT THAT THE BUDGET IS AUTHORIZED, THERE SHALL THEREAFTER
 BE AN ANNUAL ELECTION CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BALLSTON
 COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION, AT A TIME TO BE SET BY THE BOARD, AT WHICH
 ELECTION VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE FILLED AND AT WHICH
 ANY PROPOSED BUDGET WHICH THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE  TO  SUBMIT  TO  THE
 VOTERS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION FOUR OF THIS ACT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 VOTERS.
   3. CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
 BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL BE  NOMINATED  BY  PETITION.  NO
 VACANCY  ON  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES TO BE FILLED SHALL BE CONSIDERED A
 SEPARATE SPECIFIC OFFICE. A SEPARATE PETITION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO NOMI-
 NATE EACH CANDIDATE FOR A VACANCY ON THE BOARD. EACH PETITION  SHALL  BE
 DIRECTED  TO  THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SHALL BE SIGNED BY
 AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT, SHALL  STATE  THE
 RESIDENCE  OF EACH SIGNER, AND SHALL STATE THE NAME AND RESIDENCE OF THE
 CANDIDATE. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY SUCH NOMINEE SHALL WITHDRAW HIS OR  HER
 CANDIDACY  PRIOR  TO THE ELECTION, SUCH PERSON SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A
 CANDIDATE UNLESS A NEW PETITION  NOMINATING  SUCH  PERSON  IN  THE  SAME
 MANNER  AND  WITHIN  THE SAME TIME LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO OTHER CANDI-
 DATES IS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.  EACH  PETI-
 TION  SHALL BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BETWEEN
 THE HOURS OF 9:00 A.M. AND 5:00 P.M., NOT LATER THAN THE  THIRTIETH  DAY
 PRECEDING  THE ELECTION AT WHICH TIME THE CANDIDATES NOMINATED ARE TO BE
 ELECTED. IN THE EVENT THE BALLSTON  COMMUNITY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  LEVY  IS
 APPROVED,  PETITIONS  NOMINATING  CANDIDATES  FOR  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 AFTER THE INITIAL ELECTION SHALL BE FILED  WITH  THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE
 BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
   4.  AT  ANY ELECTION IN SUCH DISTRICT, THE VOTERS MAY ADOPT A PROPOSI-
 TION PROVIDING THAT, IN ALL SUBSEQUENT ELECTIONS, VACANCIES ON THE BOARD
 OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATE SPECIFIC OFFICES AND  THAT  THE
 NOMINATING  PETITIONS SHALL DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC VACANCY UPON THE BOARD
 OF TRUSTEES FOR WHICH THE  CANDIDATE  IS  NOMINATED,  WHICH  DESCRIPTION
 SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST THE LENGTH OF THE TERM OF THE OFFICE AND THE NAME
 OF  THE  LAST  INCUMBENT, IF ANY.  NO PERSON SHALL BE NOMINATED FOR MORE
 THAN ONE SPECIFIC OFFICE. SUCH PROCEDURE SHALL BE FOLLOWED WITH  RESPECT
 TO  ALL  NOMINATIONS  AND ELECTIONS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS UNTIL AND UNLESS
 SUCH PROPOSITION IS REPEALED BY THE ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT AT A  REGU-
 LAR ELECTION BY ADOPTION OF A PROPOSITION TO REPEAL THE SAME.
   § 3. ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE. THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
 SHALL  BE  MANAGED,  OPERATED  AND  CONTROLLED  BY  A  BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 CONSISTING OF SEVEN MEMBERS, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 CONSIST OF FEWER THAN FIVE MEMBERS OR MORE THAN  FIFTEEN.  THE  TRUSTEES
 SHALL  AT  THE  FIRST  REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD DETERMINE BY LOT THE
 YEAR IN WHICH EACH OF THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE EXPIRE, AND THE TERMS  SHALL
 EXPIRE  AS  FOLLOWS:    AFTER ONE YEAR TWO TRUSTEES; AFTER TWO YEARS TWO
 TRUSTEES; AFTER THREE YEARS THREE TRUSTEES. AS VACANCIES OCCUR  TRUSTEES
 SHALL  BE  ELECTED  AT  THE  ANNUAL ELECTION PROVIDED FOR BY THIS ACT TO
 SERVE THREE YEAR TERMS BY THE VOTERS  OF  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DISTRICT
 HEREBY  CREATED,  SUCH  TERMS  TO COMMENCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH
 NEXT FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. ONLY QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT SHALL
 BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 AT ITS FIRST MEETING EACH YEAR SHALL ELECT OR APPOINT  A  PRESIDENT  AND
 VICE-PRESIDENT WHO SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND A SECRETARY, TREAS-
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 URER  AND  SUCH  OTHER  OFFICERS AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY. IF THE BOARD SO
 DETERMINES, THE OFFICES OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER MAY BE HELD BY  INDI-
 VIDUALS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND, IN THAT EVENT,
 SUCH  OFFICER  MAY,  IF THE BOARD SO DETERMINES, RECEIVE COMPENSATION AS
 FIXED BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD.
   § 4. FINANCES. 1. THE INITIAL BUDGET FOR THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC
 LIBRARY TO BE LEVIED UPON THE SPECIAL DISTRICT PER  THIS  ACT  SHALL  BE
 DETERMINED  BY  A  VOTE  OF  THE  VOTERS  OF THE DISTRICT IN THE INITIAL
 ELECTION AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED. ALL FUTURE BUDGETS THAT  INCREASE  THE
 BALLSTON  COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY PROPOSED TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES
 OVER THE TOTAL OPERATING  EXPENDITURES  IN  THE  LAST  PRECEDING  FISCAL
 YEAR'S  BUDGET  SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE RESIDENTS VOTING AT THE ANNUAL
 ELECTION OF TRUSTEES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO OF THIS ACT.   FUNDS  VOTED
 FOR  LIBRARY  PURPOSES  AT THE INITIAL ELECTION AND AT ALL FUTURE BUDGET
 ELECTIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION THEREFOR AND SHALL
 BE LEVIED AND COLLECTED YEARLY IN THE SAME MANNER AND AT THE  SAME  TIME
 AS OTHER TAXES IN THE TOWN OF BALLSTON.
   2.  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
 SHALL ANNUALLY FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE TOWN OF BALLSTON ON OR  BEFORE
 THE  FIRST  DAY  OF AUGUST AN ESTIMATE OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, INCLUDING
 COSTS OF LIBRARY SERVICES, TO BE RAISED BY LEVY FOR THE LIBRARY DISTRICT
 IN THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF THE  FOLLOW-
 ING YEAR. THE TOWN SHALL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGE IN THE ESTIMATE OF REVENUES
 OR EXPENDITURES SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF THE LIBRARY DISTRICT IN PREPA-
 RATION OF ITS PRELIMINARY BUDGET. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF BALLSTON
 SHALL LEVY A TAX AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY LYING WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR
 THE  AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAX AS CONTAINED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE
 BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
   3. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN BALLSTON SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO AUTHOR-
 IZE, SELL AND ISSUE BONDS, NOTES AND  OTHER  EVIDENCES  OF  INDEBTEDNESS
 PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE BALLSTON COMMU-
 NITY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  TO  PROVIDE FACILITIES OR IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR
 LIBRARY PURPOSES. UPON WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
 BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  AFTER  APPROVAL  BY  THE  QUALIFIED
 VOTERS  OF SUCH DISTRICT, THE TOWN BOARD SHALL AUTHORIZE, SELL AND ISSUE
 SUCH BONDS, NOTES OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS AS ARE NECESSARY TO
 ACCOMPLISH THE IMPROVEMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE NOTICE; THE RESOLUTION,  OR
 ANY  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  LIBRARY,  MAY  PROVIDE THAT THE LIBRARY SHALL
 REMUNERATE THE TOWN FOR THE COSTS  INCURRED  BY  EFFECTING  SUCH  BONDS,
 NOTES  AND  OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS. THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH BONDS,
 NOTES OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS SHALL BE PAID TO THE  TREASURER
 OF  THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND MAINTAINED IN A SEGREGATED
 ACCOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 165.00 OF THE LOCAL FINANCE  LAW  AND
 EXPENDED BY THE TREASURER ONLY ON SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION BY THE BOARD OF
 TRUSTEES.
   4.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY MAY
 ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT ANY ABSOLUTE  GIFT,  GRANT,  DEVISE  OR
 BEQUEST OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SUCH CONDITIONAL GIFTS, GRANTS,
 DEVISES OR BEQUESTS AS BY RESOLUTION APPROVED.
   5.  THE  TREASURER  OF  THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY SHALL BE
 CUSTODIAN OF ALL FUNDS OF THE  LIBRARY  DISTRICT,  INCLUDING  GIFTS  AND
 TRUST FUNDS PAID OVER TO THE TRUSTEES. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY AUTHOR-
 IZE  THE INVESTMENT OF FUNDS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE TREASURER IN THE SAME
 MANNER IN WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS MAY BE INVESTED. PROCEEDS OF OBLI-
 GATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE  TOWN  MAY  BE  INVESTED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SECTION  165.00  OF  THE  LOCAL  FINANCE LAW. THE TOWN OF BALLSTON SHALL
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 PROMPTLY PAY OVER TO THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC  LIBRARY  ALL  MONEYS
 WHICH  BELONG TO OR ARE RAISED FOR THE LIBRARY DISTRICT. NO MONEYS SHALL
 BE DISBURSED BY THE TREASURER OF THE LIBRARY DISTRICT EXCEPT AFTER AUDIT
 BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BALLSTON COMMUNI-
 TY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  DISTRICT SHALL AUDIT ALL CLAIMS AND SHALL ORDER THE
 PAYMENT THEREOF, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION.  NO  SUCH
 CLAIMS  SHALL BE AUDITED OR ORDERED PAID BY THE TRUSTEES UNLESS AN ITEM-
 IZED VOUCHER THEREFOR SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  FOR
 AUDIT  AND ALLOWANCE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE APPLI-
 CABLE TO PAYMENT OF CLAIMS OF  FIXED  SALARIES  AND  AMOUNTS  WHICH  THE
 LIBRARY  DISTRICT  MAY  BE  REQUIRED  TO  PAY  ON  ACCOUNT OF RETIREMENT
 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PAST OR CURRENT SERVICES TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES  OF
 THE  LIBRARY  DISTRICT.  THE  TREASURER  SHALL KEEP SUCH RECORDS IN SUCH
 MANNER AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY REQUIRE.
   § 5. CHARTER, BYLAWS AND TRANSFER. THE CURRENT CHARTER OF THE BALLSTON
 COMMUNITY PUBLIC  LIBRARY  IS  CONSISTENT  WITH  THIS  LEGISLATION.  THE
 INITIAL  ELECTED  TRUSTEES  SHALL,  WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
 APPROVAL OF THE LIBRARY BUDGET AND NEW TRUSTEES BY  THE  VOTERS  OF  THE
 DISTRICT,  ADOPT  REVISED  BYLAWS  CONSISTENT WITH THIS LEGISLATION. THE
 LIBRARY, WHICH HAS OPERATED AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT  LIBRARY  SINCE  1957,
 SHALL  CONTINUE  TO  OPERATE,  UNINTERRUPTED,  REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
 BUDGET AND ELECTION OF TRUSTEES GOES INTO EFFECT. THE TOWN MAY  TRANSFER
 TITLE TO ANY EXISTING OR FUTURE REAL PROPERTY TO THE LIBRARY, OR GRANT A
 99-YEAR  LEASE FOR AN AGREED UPON RENTAL RATE, WITH OPTIONAL RENEWAL AND
 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL IN THE EVENT OF TRANSFER,  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 OPERATING A LIBRARY OR BRANCH OF THE LIBRARY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
   §  6. AD VALOREM LEVY. THE SEVERAL LOTS AND PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE
 AREA OF SUCH PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT ARE HEREBY DETERMINED TO  BE  BENE-
 FITED BY THE LIBRARY FACILITIES AND DEVICES EXISTING AS OF THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF  THIS  ACT  AND  THE  TOWN  OF BALLSTON IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
 ASSESS, LEVY AND COLLECT THE NECESSARY EXPENSES  OF  OPERATION,  MAINTE-
 NANCE  AND  REPAIR  OF  SUCH  FACILITIES  AND  SERVICES AND SUCH CAPITAL
 IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING DEBT SERVICE ON BONDS, NOTES OR OTHER  EVIDENCES
 OF  INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC
 LIBRARY AS MAY BE HEREAFTER AUTHORIZED PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS ACT FROM SUCH LOTS AND PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT,
 OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF BALLSTON SPA, IN THE SAME MANNER
 AND AT THE SAME TIME AS OTHER TOWN CHARGES.
   §  7.  EDUCATION  LAW.  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THIS ACT, THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE EDUCATION LAW RELATING TO PUBLIC  LIBRARIES  SHALL  BE
 APPLICABLE  TO THE BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY OPERATING AS ESTAB-
 LISHED BY THIS ACT.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Section 5 of chapter 672 of the laws of 1993, amending the public
 authorities law relating to the construction and financing of facilities
 for certain public libraries, is amended by adding a new subdivision  55
 to read as follows:
   55. BALLSTON COMMUNITY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 section two of this act shall take effect sixty days after  the  initial
 budget  proposed in section 2 of chapter 203 of the laws of 1957 author-
 izing the town of Ballston,  Saratoga  county,  to  establish  a  public
 library  for  that  part of the town located outside of the incorporated
 village of Ballston Spa, as amended by  section  one  of  this  act,  is
 approved  by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters voting in an
 election as provided in such chapter.