STATE OF NEW YORK
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273
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
educational institutions to pay the salaries and compensation of
school crossing guards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 208-a of the general municipal law, as amended by
2 chapter 131 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 208-a. School guards. The duly constituted authorities of any city,
4 town, or village or any county police department or police district may
5 designate, authorize and appoint such a number of persons as such
6 authority shall deem necessary, and at such salaries as such authority
7 shall deem advisable, as school crossing guards to aid in protecting
8 school children going to and from school, and church crossing guards to
9 aid in protecting persons going to and from places of worship, and for
10 such purpose shall have power to control vehicular traffic within such
11 municipality. A public school, school district, board of cooperative
12 educational services and any other public or private educational insti-
13 tution may enter into an agreement with any city, town, or village or
14 any county police department or police district whereby such educational
15 institution pays all or any portion of the salaries and compensation of
16 the school crossing guards providing services to the students of such
17 institution.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00441-01-9
