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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         151--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN, BRENNAN, TITONE -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to restricting the sale,

          lease, transfer or authorization of open-air  schoolhouse  playgrounds
          for certain uses
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2556 of the  education  law,  such
     2  section  as renumbered by chapter 762 of the laws of 1950, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    5. It shall be unlawful for a schoolhouse to  be  constructed  in  the
     5  city  of  New York without an open-air playground attached to or used in
     6  connection with the same.   Existing  playgrounds  shall  not  be  sold,
     7  leased  or transferred, or permanently authorized for other uses such as
     8  school building construction, renovation, placement or storage of build-
     9  ing materials for such work that would eliminate the use of  such  play-

    10  ground space for outdoor recreational activities unless a plan is estab-
    11  lished  and  implemented  to  provide  suitable  and  adequate  physical
    12  activities or space to accommodate the physical and  recreational  needs
    13  of  the  pupils  of  such building.   The provisions of this subdivision
    14  shall not apply to school construction  or  renovation  activities  that
    15  occur  on  or  require  the use of such playgrounds for a duration of no
    16  more than one year.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    18  it shall have become a law; provided however, that the  commissioner  of
    19  education  is  authorized  and directed to promulgate any rules or regu-
    20  lations necessary for the timely implementation of this act on or before
    21  such date.
 

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