Relates to additional apportionment of building aid for certain projects; defines an eligible school construction project as one that is entirely funded from capital outlays and has a total project cost of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or less.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3460--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 29, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, COMRIE, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the additional appor-
tionment of building aid for certain projects
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 6-f of section
2 3602 of the education law, as added by section 19 of part H of chapter
3 83 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) has a total project cost of [one hundred] two hundred fifty thou-
5 sand dollars or less[; provided however, that for any district, no more
6 than one project shall be eligible pursuant to this subparagraph for an
7 apportionment within the same school year] modified by an annual county
8 or multi-county labor market composite wage rate, established by the
9 commissioner of labor in consultation with the commissioner, for July
10 first of the base year, indexed to the median of such county or
11 multi-county rates, but not less than one, up to a maximum of five
12 hundred thousand dollars, as determined by the building aid regional
13 cost factor; and provided further a school district may combine up to
14 five years of project allowances pursuant to this subparagraph and apply
15 to the commissioner for project approval for the entire apportionment
16 and such apportionment may be used for one or more projects; and/or
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05708-03-2
