Assembly Bill A7421A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Transfers control of the Yonkers educational construction fund board to the mayor of the city of Yonkers

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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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Bill Amendments

2013-A7421 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5065
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§482 & 486, add §478-a, Ed L

2013-A7421 - Summary

Relates to the requirements for public bidding in conjunction with and the rate of building aid for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of educational facilities in the city of Yonkers; broadens the scope of educational facilities for such construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement.

2013-A7421 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7421

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  transferring  control
  of the Yonkers educational construction fund board to the mayor of the
  city of Yonkers; in relation to the requirements for public bidding in
  conjunction  with  and  the rate of building aid for the construction,
  reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of  educational  facili-
  ties  in  the city of Yonkers; and in relation to broadening the scope
  of educational facilities for such construction, reconstruction, reha-
  bilitation or improvement

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 477 of the education law, as added
by chapter 931 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
  1.   There   is  hereby  created  the  "city  of  Yonkers  educational
construction fund." The fund shall be a  corporate  governmental  agency
constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall be administered by a
board  of  trustees  consisting  of  the [chairman] MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
YONKERS, THE CHAIRPERSON of the board of education of the city of  Yonk-
ers,  [four members of such board appointed by the president thereof and
four members appointed by the mayor of the city of Yonkers. The chairman
of the board of education shall be the chairman of the fund. The  chair-
man]  THE  CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THE CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY LEADER, THE
CITY COUNCIL MINORITY LEADER, AND FOUR TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY  THE  MAYOR
OF  THE  CITY  OF  YONKERS, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF YONKERS. THE  MAYOR,  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE
BOARD  OF  EDUCATION,  and the trustees who are members of the [board of
education] CITY COUNCIL shall serve during their  terms  of  office  [as
chairman  and  members,  respectively,  of  the  board of education. The
members first appointed by the mayor shall serve for terms  ending  two,
three,  four  and  five  years,  respectively,  from  the  date of their

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10706-03-3
              

2013-A7421A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5065
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§482 & 486, add §478-a, Ed L

2013-A7421A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the requirements for public bidding in conjunction with and the rate of building aid for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of educational facilities in the city of Yonkers; broadens the scope of educational facilities for such construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement.

2013-A7421A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7421--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for
  public bidding in conjunction with and the rate of  building  aid  for
  the  construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation  or improvement of
  educational facilities in the city of  Yonkers;  and  in  relation  to
  broadening  the scope of educational facilities for such construction,
  reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 1, 2 and 2-a of section 482 of the education
law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 931 of the laws of 1971, subdivi-
sions 2 as amended and 2-a as added by section 6 of part MM  of  chapter
57 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
  1. [Any contract let by the fund or by any letting agency on behalf of
the   fund  for  the  construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation  or
improvement of a combined occupancy structure or of the  school  portion
thereof,  shall  be  in  conformity  with  the provisions of section one
hundred one of the general municipal law.
  2. Except as otherwise provided in section two hundred  twenty-two  of
the  labor law, every contract, lease or other agreement entered into by
or on behalf of the  fund  for  the  acquisition,  lease,  construction,
reconstruction,  rehabilitation or improvement of any combined occupancy
structure shall contain a provision that, when the entire  cost  of  any
such   contemplated   construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation  or
improvement shall exceed three million dollars in the  counties  of  the
Bronx,  Kings,  New York, Queens, and Richmond; one million five hundred
thousand dollars in the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester; and
five hundred thousand dollars in all other counties  within  the  state,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10706-05-3

              

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