STATE OF NEW YORK
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5740
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 school aid for the
installation of alternative energy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
3 6-i. Additional apportionment of building aid for installation of
4 alternative energy, including solar, wind or geothermal. In addition to
5 apportionments payable to a school district pursuant to subdivision six
6 of this section, the commissioner is hereby authorized to apportion to
7 any school district additional building aid in accordance with this
8 subdivision for its approved expenses in the base year for the installa-
9 tion of alternative energy, including solar, wind or geothermal. The
10 amount of such apportionment shall equal the product of the building aid
11 ratio defined pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision six of this section
12 and the actual approved expenses incurred by the district in the base
13 year for each school building making such installation, provided that
14 the amount of such apportionment shall not exceed the installation of
15 such alternative energy.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
17 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02988-01-7
