S1581-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE
• Jan 10, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S1581-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1581

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the state finance law, in relation to the inclusion of library
systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to apply for
local government efficiency grants

PURPOSE:
To add library systems to the list of organizations eligible
for Local Government Efficiency Grants.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one adds library systems to the list of entities that are
eligible to apply for Local Government Efficiency Grants.

Section two provides for the effective date, which is immediate.

EXISTING LAW:
Existing law allows public libraries and association libraries the
ability to apply for Local Government Efficiency Grants, however,
library systems were left out of the statute.

JUSTIFICATION:
In many locations within the state, particularly in large urban areas,
public libraries and library systems are one and the same. In more
rural areas of the state, library systems provide shared services for
a number of small libraries.

When Local Government Efficiency Grants (LGEG) were created in 2008,
as the successor to the Shared Municipal Services Incentive Grant
program, the purpose of the program was to create incentives for
cooperative activities which would reduce municipal expenses and
property taxes.

When the law was written, public libraries and association libraries
were defined as eligible to apply for a grant. Unfortunately, library
associations were left out of the statute. This bill would rectify
this problem by including library associations in the list of
eligible entities for LGEG grants.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.6875-A/A.10412 of 2009-2010 - Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

S1581-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1581
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 10, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  OPPENHEIMER,  JOHNSON  --  read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the  inclusion  of
 library systems within the definition of entities that are eligible to
 apply for local government efficiency grants
 

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

 

Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (o)  of  subdivi
 sion  10 of section 54 of the state finance law, as amended by section 7
 of part GG of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

 (1)  For  the  purposes  of  this paragraph, "municipality" shall mean
 counties, cities, towns, villages, special improvement  districts,  fire
 districts,  public  libraries,  association  libraries,  PUBLIC  LIBRARY
 SYSTEMS AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF  THE  EDUCATION
 LAW,  water authorities, sewer authorities, regional planning and devel
 opment boards, school districts, and boards of  cooperative  educational
 services; provided, however, that for the purposes of this definition, a
 board  of cooperative educational services shall be considered a munici
 pality only in instances where such  board  of  cooperative  educational
 services  advances a joint application on behalf of school districts and
 other  municipalities  within  the  board  of  cooperative   educational
 services  region; provided, however, that any agreements with a board of
 cooperative educational services: shall not  generate  additional  state
 aid; shall be deemed not to be a part of the program, capital and admin
 istrative  budgets  of the board of cooperative educational services for
 the purposes of computing charges upon component school districts pursu
 ant to subparagraph seven of paragraph b of subdivision four of  section
 nineteen  hundred  fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen hundred
 fifty and subdivision one of section nineteen hundred fifty-one  of  the
 education law; and shall be deemed to be a cooperative municipal service
 for  purposes  of subparagraph two of paragraph d of subdivision four of
 section nineteen hundred fifty of the education law.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05309-01-1

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