STATE OF NEW YORK
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7745
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 26, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Libraries and Education Technology
AN ACT to authorize the Gloversville Public Library to enter into
contracts in aid of the financing of historic rehabilitation of the
library; and to authorize participation in the retirement system by
employees of a free association library chartered to serve the
Enlarged City School District of the city of Gloversville
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Policy and purposes. It is hereby declared to be the policy
2 of this state to promote the education, economic welfare and prosperity
3 of inhabitants of low-income communities, and to encourage the rehabili-
4 tation of historic buildings and the provision of library services in
5 low-income communities in order to promote the education of residents
6 and assist in the economic revival of such communities. The rehabili-
7 tation of historic buildings and the enhancement of public library
8 services are matters of state concern. It is found that enabling the use
9 of historic rehabilitation tax credits, new markets tax credits, and
10 other tax and other incentives to assist in financing the rehabilitation
11 and preservation of the Gloversville Public Library is for a public and
12 governmental purpose and in the public interest for the benefit of the
13 people served by the Gloversville Public Library and the improvement of
14 their education, economic welfare, and prosperity and for the advance-
15 ment and improvement of education and economic prosperity in the state.
16 § 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local
17 law, for the purposes set forth in section one of this act:
18 (a) The Gloversville Public Library, acting by its board of trustees,
19 is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to any New York education
20 corporation the real property known as the Gloversville Public Library,
21 including the site thereof, building, parking areas and other facilities
22 appurtenant thereto or utilized therefor, with or without consideration,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the Gloversville
2 Public Library and such New York education corporation.
3 (b) The Gloversville Public Library, acting by its board of trustees,
4 is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer to the trustees of a free
5 association library chartered and registered by the regents, ownership
6 and control of the personal property of the Gloversville Public Library,
7 including library materials, records, furnishings and all other property
8 of the Gloversville Public Library exclusive of land and buildings, for
9 the purpose of providing library services for the benefit and free use
10 on equal terms of the residents of the Enlarged City School District of
11 the city of Gloversville, subject to any terms or conditions as may be
12 agreed to by the Gloversville Public Library and such free association
13 library.
14 (c) Taxes levied and collected by the Enlarged City School District of
15 the city of Gloversville for library purposes shall be paid over to any
16 library chartered and registered by the regents to provide library
17 services for the benefit and free use on equal terms of the residents of
18 the Enlarged City School District of the city of Gloversville, as
19 directed and approved by the voters of the Enlarged City School District
20 of the city of Gloversville.
21 § 3. It is hereby declared that all of the purposes referred to in
22 this act are in the public interest and for the benefit of the residents
23 of the Enlarged City School District of the city of Gloversville and are
24 hereby declared to be public purposes for which monies and other assets
25 of the Gloversville Public Library may be used or expended.
26 § 4. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation, any free association
27 library chartered by the regents to serve the Enlarged City School
28 District of the city of Gloversville and registered by the regents may,
29 by resolution adopted by its board of trustees and approved by the comp-
30 troller, elect to participate in the retirement system. Acceptance of
31 its employees for membership in the retirement system shall be mandatory
32 with the comptroller, who shall determine the amounts of contribution
33 payable by such library and its employees, shall resolve questions of
34 credit for prior service, and shall in all other respects assure that
35 such employees share the same rights, obligations and benefits as other
36 members of the retirement system. The officers and employees of such
37 library shall be credited with such periods of prior service as shall be
38 certified by such library for service rendered to it, or the state, or
39 in any other capacity approved by such library and the comptroller.
40 Service for such library after the date on which it commences to partic-
41 ipate in the retirement system shall be considered as member service. An
42 officer or employee of such library who, as of the date he or she is so
43 approved for membership in the retirement system, is already a member
44 thereof, shall not have his or her total credit reduced by such
45 approval. Any reserve held on account of any such officer or employee in
46 the pension accumulation fund shall be used as an offset against the
47 deficiency contribution payable thereafter by such library on account of
48 such officer or employee for any prior service credit and any such
49 previous credit.
50 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
