A09569 Summary:
BILL NO | A09569A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06751-A |
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SPONSOR | Jaffee |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Rpld Chap 349 of 1973 | |
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Creates the four Orangetown public library districts; modifies the boundaries; authorizes individual libraries to apply for appropriations on an individual basis. |
A09569 Actions:
BILL NO | A09569A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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03/16/2012 | referred to libraries and education technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2012 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2012 | amend (t) and recommit to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2012 | print number 9569a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/06/2012 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2012 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2012 | rules report cal.116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2012 | ordered to third reading rules cal.116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2012 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S6751A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2012 | 3RD READING CAL.1307 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2012 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/19/2012 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/05/2012 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2012 | signed chap.494 |
A09569 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Clark
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Amedore
ER
Colton
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Linares
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sayward
Yes
Arroyo
ER
Conte
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez PD
ER
O'Donnell
ER
Scarborough
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cook
Yes
Graf
ER
Lopez VJ
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Losquadro
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Hanna
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Barron
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples Stokes
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Cusick
ER
Hevesi
Yes
Maisel
Yes
Pretlow
ER
Smardz
Yes
Boyland
Yes
Cymbrowitz
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Hikind
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Quart
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Stevenson
Yes
Boyle
Yes
DenDekker
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Hooper
Yes
Markey
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Ra
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Sweeney
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Rabbitt
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Englebright
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Jeffries
Yes
McEneny
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Ramos
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Johns
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Reilich
ER
Titone
Yes
Brook Krasny
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jordan
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Titus
ER
Burling
Yes
Finch
Yes
Katz
ER
Meng
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Tobacco
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Miller D
Yes
Rivera N
Yes
Walter
ER
Cahill
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kearns
ER
Miller JM
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Calhoun
Yes
Gabryszak
ER
Kellner
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Weisenberg
Yes
Camara
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Millman
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Gantt
ER
Lancman
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Wright
Yes
Castelli
ER
Gibson
Yes
Latimer
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Castro
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A09569 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9569--A IN ASSEMBLY March 16, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology -- 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 create the Orangetown public library districts and to repeal chapter 349 of the laws of 1973, relating to creating a library district in the town of Orangetown in the county of Rockland The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, four 2 library districts are hereby established in the town of Orangetown in 3 the county of Rockland outside the limits of any incorporated village 4 which, except as hereinafter provided, shall be co-terminus with the 5 area or areas served by the public library established pursuant to chap- 6 ter 816 of the laws of 1961. The districts created by this act shall be 7 designated and consist of the areas described in subdivisions (a) 8 through (d) of this section. Each district shall provide library 9 services in its own district as well as to the residents of Sparkill as 10 delineated in subdivision (e) of this section. 11 (a) Blauvelt: Beginning at a point determined by the intersection of 12 Western Highway and Convent Road running thence in a westerly direction 13 along the center line of Convent Road to the intersection of Convent 14 Road and the Hackensack River, turning and running thence in a northerly 15 direction along the Hackensack River to its intersection with the south- 16 erly boundary of the Town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York which 17 being likewise the northerly boundary line of the Town of Orangetown, 18 Rockland County, New York and running thence along said boundary line in 19 an easterly direction to the Nyack, South Nyack boundary line, turning 20 and running thence along the South Nyack boundary line in a southerly 21 direction to its intersection with Tweed Blvd. thence along the easter- 22 ly side of Tweed Blvd. to its intersection with Clausland Mountain Road, 23 turning and running thence in a westerly direction along the center line 24 of said Clausland Mountain Road to its intersection with Greenbush Road, 25 turning and running in a southerly direction along the center line of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03992-03-2A. 9569--A 2 1 Greenbush Road to its intersection with Mountain View Road, turning and 2 running thence in a westerly direction along the, centerline of said 3 Mountain View Road to Western Highway, turning and running northerly 4 along the centerline of Western Highway to the point or place of begin- 5 ning; containing all the lands within the said bounds, 6 (b) Tappan: Beginning at the New York-New Jersey State Line in the 7 vicinity of Sparkill Creek and running in a northerly direction along 8 the said Sparkill Creek to its intersection with the Palisades Inter- 9 state Parkway, turning and running thence in a north westerly direction 10 along the western side of said parkway to its intersection with the 11 Piermont Branch of the Erie Railroad turning and running thence in a 12 northerly direction along the center line of said Railroad right-of-way 13 to its intersection with New York State Route 303 turning and running 14 thence in a southerly direction along the center line of said route 303 15 to its intersection with the Palisades Interstate Parkway, turning and 16 running thence in a north westerly direction along the western or Hudson 17 River side of said parkway to its intersection with Western Highway, 18 turning and running thence in a southerly direction along the center 19 line of said Western Highway to its intersection with Low Lane, turning 20 and running thence in a westerly direction along the center line of Low 21 Lane to its intersection with Stockade Road, turning and running thence 22 along the center line of Stockade Road in a south westerly direction to 23 its intersection with West Hillwood Avenue, turning and running thence 24 in a south westerly direction approximately 525 feet along the center 25 line of West Hillwood Avenue and an extension thereof to a point where 26 it intersects the western boundary line of Plot 17, Block 26, Map 24-1, 27 turning and running thence along said boundary line in a south easterly 28 direction approximately 330 feet to the north east corner of Plot 54, 29 Block 19, Map 24-1 turning and running thence in a south westerly direc- 30 tion approximately 700 feet along the northern boundary of said plot to 31 its north west corner, turning and running thence in a south easterly 32 direction first along the western boundary line of Plot 54, Block 19, 33 Map 24-1 and secondly along the eastern boundary line of Plot 14, Block 34 26, on Maps 9 and 10 for a total approximate distance of 3,300 feet, 35 turning and running thence in a south westerly direction along the 36 southern boundary lines of Plots 13 and 14, Block 26, Map 9, approxi- 37 mately 385 feet to its intersection with the New York-New Jersey State 38 Line, turning and running in an easterly direction along said State line 39 to the point or place of beginning, containing all the lands within the 40 said bounds; 41 (c) Palisades: Beginning at the New Jersey-New York State Line in the 42 vicinity of the Sparkill Creek and running in a northerly direction 43 along the said Sparkill Creek to its intersection with the Palisades 44 Interstate Parkway, turning and running thence easterly and crossing the 45 Palisades Interstate Parkway and running along the southerly line of the 46 Rockland Country Club still in an easterly direction continuing along 47 the prolongation of the southerly line of the Rockland Country Club in 48 an easterly direction to the Hudson River, thence southerly along the 49 west shore of the Hudson River to the New York State line, thence 50 northwesterly along the New York - New Jersey State line approximately 51 11,700 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing all the lands 52 within said bounds. 53 (d) Orangeburg: Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the 54 center lines of Western Highway and Low Lane, thence running in a north- 55 erly direction along the center line of Western Highway to the inter- 56 section with the center line of the Palisades Interstate Parkway turningA. 9569--A 3 1 and running thence, in a south easterly direction along the center line 2 of the Palisades Interstate Parkway to its intersection with the easter- 3 ly side of Route 303, turning and running thence, in a northerly direc- 4 tion along the easterly side of Route 303 to a point approximately 590 5 feet north of the intersection of the northern side of the Palisades 6 Interstate Parkway and Route 303, turning and running thence along the 7 lot line of Plot 2, Block 13, Map 60 as follows in an easterly direction 8 20 feet, thence in a northerly direction approximately 250 feet, thence 9 in an easterly direction approximately 465 feet, thence in a northerly 10 direction approximately 340 feet, thence in a northeasterly direction 11 approximately 1000 feet-to the intersection of the extension of the lot 12 line of the center line of the Erie R.R. right-of-way, turning and 13 running thence in an easterly direction along the center line of the 14 Erie R.R. Right-of-way to the property now or formerly belonging to St. 15 Agnes Convent, turning and running thence, in a northeasterly direction 16 along the St. Agnes property line to the center line of Cemetery Lane 17 (Kings Hwy.), turning and running thence in an easterly direction along 18 the center line of Cemetery Lane (Kings Hwy.) to a point where the 19 southern boundary of Rockland Cemetery intersects Cemetery Lane (Kings 20 Hwy.), turning and running thence, in a northeasterly direction along 21 the southern boundary of Rockland Cemetery, and as said line is extended 22 in the same direction to the center line of Tweed Blvd. (also known as 23 Highland Blvd.) turning and running thence in a northerly direction 24 along the center line of Tweed Blvd. to the intersection of the center 25 lines of Tweed Blvd. and Clausland Mountain Road, turning and running 26 thence in a southwesterly direction along the center line of Clausland 27 Mountain Road to a point, formed by the intersection of the center lines 28 of Clausland Mountain Road, Greenbush Road and Spruce Street, turning 29 and running in a westerly direction along the center line of Spruce 30 Street and as said line is extended in the same direction to the center 31 line of the Right-of-Way of the West Shore Branch of the N. Y. Central 32 R.R., turning and running thence in a southwesterly direction to a point 33 formed by the intersection of the center lines of Convent Road and West- 34 ern Highway turning and running thence in a westerly direction along the 35 center line of Convent Road to a point opposite the east boundary of the 36 Rockland State Hospital property, turning and running thence in a south- 37 erly direction along the Rockland State Hospital property line, crossing 38 Friel Road to a point formed by the intersection of the eastern and 39 southern boundary lines of Rockland State Hospital, (which point is on 40 the westerly side of what is or was formerly known as West Hillwood 41 Avenue), running thence in a southerly direction along the westerly side 42 of West Hillwood Avenue to its intersection with the center line of what 43 is or was formerly known as Stockade Road, turning and running thence in 44 a northeasterly direction along the center line of said Stockade Road to 45 the intersection with the center line of what is or was formerly known 46 as Avenue A, turning and running thence in a southerly direction along 47 the center line of Avenue A, to its intersection with the center line of 48 Low Lane, turning and running in an easterly direction along the center 49 line of Low Lane to the point or place of beginning, containing all the 50 lands within the said bounds; provided, however, that the area described 51 in clause (d) hereof shall become a part of such district only at such 52 time as a free association library is chartered by the boards of regents 53 of the university of the state of New York to furnish library service in 54 such area. 55 (e) Sparkill: Beginning at the intersection of the Sparkill Creek and 56 the Palisades Interstate Parkway running thence in a northwesterlyA. 9569--A 4 1 direction along the western side of said Parkway to its intersection 2 with the Piermont Branch of the Erie Railroad turning and running thence 3 in a northerly direction along the centerline of said Railroad right-of- 4 way to the property now or formerly belonging to St. Agnes Convent, 5 turning and running thence, in a northeasterly direction along the St. 6 Agnes property line to the centerline of Cemetery Lane (King's Highway), 7 turning and running thence in an easterly direction along the centerline 8 of Cemetery Lane (King's Highway) to point where the southern boundary 9 of Rockland Cemetery intersects Cemetery Lane (King's Highway), turning 10 and running thence, in a northeasterly direction along the southern 11 boundary of Rockland Cemetery to a point on the Piermont Boundary Line, 12 turning and running thence along the Piermont boundary line in a south- 13 erly direction approximately 800 feet, thence in a southwesterly direc- 14 tion along the Piermont boundary line approximately 650 feet, thence in 15 a southerly direction along the Piermont boundary line approximately 825 16 feet, thence in southwesterly direction along the Piermont boundary line 17 approximately 1930 feet, thence in a southeasterly direction along the 18 Piermont boundary line approximately 1460 feet, thence in a northeaster- 19 ly direction along the Piermont boundary line approximately 6550 feet to 20 a point on the eastern boundary line or Hudson River side of Orangetown, 21 turning and running thence along the eastern boundary line or Hudson 22 River side of Orangetown in a southerly direction to a point where the 23 prolongation of the southerly line of the Rockland Country Club meets 24 the easterly boundary line of Orangetown and turning and running thence 25 westerly along said prolongation of the southerly line of the Rockland 26 County Club and continuing across the Palisades Interstate Parkway to 27 the point or place of beginning, containing all the lands within the 28 said bounds; provided, however, that the area described in this subdivi- 29 sion shall not be a library district but may use the library services 30 provided by the four library districts described in subdivisions (a) 31 through (d) of this section. 32 § 2. The town board of the town of Orangetown is hereby authorized to 33 raise money by tax for library purposes and to contract with the trus- 34 tees of any free association library which has received a charter from 35 the board of regents of the university of the state of New York for the 36 furnishing of library services in the areas comprising the library 37 districts created by this act, under such terms and conditions as may be 38 stated in such contract. Such tax shall be a charge upon the taxable 39 property of the areas comprising such library districts as well as the 40 Sparkill area delineated in subdivision (e) of section one of this act 41 outside of the limits of any incorporated village. The town board shall 42 distribute the money raised by tax in the Sparkill area to the four 43 library districts in amounts proportionate to the use Sparkill residents 44 make of each library as shown by the number of residents who hold 45 current library cards in each library. Taxes voted for library purposes 46 pursuant to this section shall, unless otherwise directed by such vote, 47 be considered as annual appropriations therefor until changed by further 48 vote and shall be levied and collected yearly as are other general taxes 49 in the town of Orangetown and shall be subject to the provisions of 50 section 3-c of the general municipal law, which places limits upon real 51 property tax levies by local governments. The amount agreed to be paid 52 to a free association library for furnishing library services under a 53 contract authorized by this section shall be paid directly to the treas- 54 urer of such library. 55 § 3. The free association libraries located in the areas comprising 56 the library districts created by this act shall individually submit onA. 9569--A 5 1 or before the twentieth day of September to the supervisor of the town 2 of Orangetown a request for funds for each such free association library 3 for the ensuing year, in such form and containing such information 4 including estimates of revenues and expenditures as such supervisor 5 shall prescribe. The procedures of sections 106, 107, 108 and 109 of 6 article 8 of the town law shall apply to the adoption of appropriations 7 for library purposes in the annual budget of such town, provided that 8 the appropriations adopted for any such library and the request for 9 funds submitted on behalf of such library shall be based on the individ- 10 ual needs for every such library; nothing in this act is intended to 11 make any free association library subject to any provision of the town 12 law applicable to an "administrative unit" of town government; and it is 13 further provided, that the town board shall, within the parameters of 14 the town law, be permitted to exercise its discretion with respect to 15 total amount appropriations adopted for each library for the ensuing 16 year. The amount appropriated for each free association library shall 17 be paid over to the treasurer of the library and shall be expended only 18 under the direction of the library trustees for lawful library purposes. 19 § 4. If on the effective date of this act the public library created 20 pursuant to chapter 816 of the laws of 1961 has not transferred any 21 assets it may hold to a free association library or libraries located in 22 the library districts created pursuant to section one of this act, the 23 disposition of any such assets shall be determined by the board of 24 regents of the university of the state of New York, provided, however, 25 that any such assets shall to the extent possible be held in trust for 26 transfer forthwith (a) to any free association library which shall 27 subsequently be chartered by the board of regents of the university of 28 the state of New York in the areas comprising the library districts 29 created by section one of this act, or (b) to any public library estab- 30 lished pursuant to section 255 of the education law to serve the South 31 Orangetown Central School District Number One. 32 § 5. Chapter 349 of the laws of 1973, relating to creating a library 33 district in the town of Orangetown in the county of Rockland, is 34 REPEALED. 35 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.