STATE OF NEW YORK
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 7, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, MAZIARZ,
RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee
on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MURRAY --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Libraries and Education Technology -- recommitted to the
Committee on Libraries and Education Technology in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to authorizing coop-
erative library systems to apply for funds under the local government
efficiency grant program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph r of subdivision
2 10 of section 54 of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 470 of
3 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) For the purposes of this paragraph, "municipality" shall mean a
5 county, city, town, village, special improvement district, fire
6 district, public library, association library, [or] public library
7 system as defined by section two hundred seventy-two of the education
8 law or cooperative library system, provided however, that for the
9 purposes of this definition, a public library system shall be considered
10 a municipality only in instances where such public library system
11 advances a joint application on behalf of its member libraries, water
12 authority, sewer authority, regional planning and development board,
13 school district, or board of cooperative educational services; provided,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 however, that for the purposes of this definition, a board of cooper-
2 ative educational services shall be considered a municipality only in
3 instances where such board of cooperative educational services advances
4 a joint application on behalf of school districts and other munici-
5 palities within the board of cooperative educational services region;
6 provided, however, that any agreements with a board of cooperative
7 educational services: shall not generate additional state aid; shall be
8 deemed not to be a part of the program, capital and administrative budg-
9 ets of the board of cooperative educational services for the purposes of
10 computing charges upon component school districts pursuant to subdivi-
11 sion one and subparagraph seven of paragraph b of subdivision four of
12 section nineteen hundred fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen
13 hundred fifty-one of the education law; and shall be deemed to be a
14 cooperative municipal service for purposes of subparagraph two of para-
15 graph d of subdivision four of section nineteen hundred fifty of the
16 education law.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
