STATE OF NEW YORK
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4742
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 15, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to approval of capital
improvement projects by the department of education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 408 of the education law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. a. The department shall complete and return their review, in
4 accordance with the provisions of this section, of any locally approved
5 capital improvement project within one hundred eighty days of receiving
6 a completed application.
7 b. For the purposes of this section "capital improvement" shall mean
8 (i) any physical public betterment or improvement or any preliminary
9 studies and surveys relative thereto, or
10 (ii) land or rights in land, or
11 (iii) any furnishings, machinery, apparatus or equipment for any phys-
12 ical betterment or improvement when such betterment or improvement is
13 first constructed or acquired, or
14 (iv) any combination of subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this
15 paragraph.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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