Assembly Bill A1708

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New Century Libraries: Libraries 2015 act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A1708 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§271, 273, 284 & 285, add §286, Ed L; amd §99-l, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3246
2011-2012: A3262
2013-2014: A4527
2017-2018: A1685
2019-2020: A2622

2015-A1708 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New Century Libraries; Libraries 2015 act"; increases the apportionment of state aid to libraries and library services throughout the state; provides for adult and family literacy grants

2015-A1708 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1708

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLE-
  BRIGHT -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Libraries  and
  Education Technology

AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
  to establishing the "New Century Libraries: Libraries 2015 act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature  to
provide  the  people  of  New  York  with  access to the information and
library services they need today and will need tomorrow by  establishing
a New Century Libraries Initiative.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "New Century
Libraries: Libraries 2015 act".
  S 3. Section 271 of the education law, as amended by section 1 of part
O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 271. Apportionment of state aid  to  Indian  libraries.  Any  Indian
library  chartered  by the regents or in the absence of such library any
tribal government contracting for service from a  chartered  and  regis-
tered  library  or approved library system, shall be entitled to receive
state aid during each calendar year consisting of the following amounts:
  1. [Eighteen] NINETEEN thousand dollars, and
  2. The sum of [eighteen] NINETEEN  dollars  and  [twenty]  TWENTY-FIVE
cents  per  capita for persons residing on the reservation served by the
Indian library or contract as shown by  the  latest  federal  census  or
certified by the New York state director of Indian services, and
  3. The sum of one dollar and [fifty] FIFTY-FIVE cents per acre of area
served by the Indian library or contract.
  Such  sums shall be paid annually to the Indian library board of trus-
tees for the use of the Indian library, or in  the  absence  of  such  a
board,  to  the  tribal  government  for a contract for library service.
Nothing contained in this section shall be  construed  to  diminish  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05705-01-5
              

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