Relates to the dissolution of the Oswego City Library created on April 15, 1854 and allows for the redistribution of any funds and/or assets held by such library to the Oswego School District Public Library.
Ayes (7): Martins, Ball, Little, McDonald, Ritchie, Stewart-Cousins, Klein
Excused (1): Oppenheimer
Ayes (60): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (2): Hassell-Thomps, Kruger
BILL NUMBER:S5157
TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to the dissolution of the Oswego City Library and the redistribution of any funds and/or assets held by such library
PURPOSE: To the official dissolution of the Oswego City Library.
SUMMARY: Section 1 provides for the dissolution of the Oswego City Library and the transfer of assets, holdings, and belongings to the Oswego School District Public Library.
Section 2 provides this act shall take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION: On April 15, 1854, the Oswego City Library was created by an official act of this legislature.
On April 4, 2000, the Oswego School District Public Library received an absolute charter of the Oswego City Library and has been running the city library system since then.
It is required by law to dissolve the Oswego City Library through an official act of the legislature and appropriate to transfer the assets, holdings, and belongings to the Oswego School District Public Library.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5157 2011-2012 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 3, 2011 ___________Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT in relation to the dissolution of the Oswego City Library and the redistribution of any funds and/or assets held by such library THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Oswego City Library and its incorporated trustees, created on April 15, 1854 is hereby dissolved and all assets, holdings, and belongings owned in whole or in part by the Oswego City Library shall be transferred to the Oswego School District Public Library, a public school district library granted an absolute charter in the first instance by the New York State Board of Regents on April 4, 2000. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11331-01-1
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