STATE OF NEW YORK
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5675--B
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 10, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules --
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Commit-
tee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to approval of leases
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2554 of the education law, as
2 amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. To lease property required for the purpose of furnishing school
5 accommodations for schools administered by the board of education and to
6 prepare and execute leases therefor. To be eligible for aid pursuant to
7 subdivision six of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, any
8 such lease shall be approved by the commissioner prior to execution,
9 provided that the commissioner may approve a lease submitted for
10 approval after execution upon a showing of good cause for the delay; the
11 leased space shall meet requirements for access by individuals with
12 disabilities to both facilities and programs, as defined in regulations
13 of the commissioner; the requirements set forth in paragraphs a, b, c, d
14 and f of subdivision one of section four hundred three-b of this chapter
15 shall be met, except for the requirement of voter approval; and the
16 leased space shall be used to house programs for pupils in grades prek-
17 indergarten through twelve, other than programs funded pursuant to
18 section forty-four hundred ten of this chapter, with minimal associated
19 administrative and support services space as approved by the commission-
20 er.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2013.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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