Senate Bill S5443B

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library

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  • Introduced
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    • 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-S5443 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §2601, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1937

2015-S5443 - Summary

Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library.

2015-S5443 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5443 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5443

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, and chapter 164 of  the  laws
  of  1907  relating  to  the incorporation of the Queens Borough Public
  Library, in relation to the membership of the board of trustees

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

  Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 19 of section 2601 of the New York city
charter, as added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the
general election held in November  of  1988,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  "Agency"  means a city, county, borough or other office, position,
administration, department, division, bureau, board, commission, author-
ity, corporation, advisory committee or other agency of government,  the
expenses  of  which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury,
and shall include but not be limited to, the  council,  the  offices  of
each  elected official, the board of education, community school boards,
community boards, the financial services  corporation,  the  health  and
hospitals  corporation,  the public development corporation, and the New
York city housing authority, but shall not  include  any  court  or  any
corporation  or institution maintaining or operating a [public library,]
museum, botanical garden, arboretum, tomb, memorial building,  aquarium,
zoological garden or similar facility.
  19.  "Public  servant"  means all officials, officers and employees of
the city, including members of community boards [and], members of  advi-
sory committees, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND KEY LIBRARY EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL
OF  THE QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, except unpaid members of advisory
committees shall not be public servants.
  S 2. Section 3 of chapter 164 of the laws  of  1907  relating  to  the
incorporation  of the Queens Borough Public Library, as amended by chap-
ter 45 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10997-02-5
              

2015-S5443A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §2601, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1937

2015-S5443A - Summary

Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library.

2015-S5443A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5443A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5443--A
    Cal. No. 1320

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- reported favora-
  bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
  to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
  in the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to amend the New York city charter, and chapter 164 of the laws
  of 1907 relating to the incorporation of  the  Queens  Borough  Public
  Library, in relation to the membership of the board of trustees

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 19 of section 2601 of the New York  city
charter, as added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the
general  election  held  in  November  of  1988,  are amended to read as
follows:
  2. "Agency" means a city, county, borough or other  office,  position,
administration, department, division, bureau, board, commission, author-
ity,  corporation, advisory committee or other agency of government, the
expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the  city  treasury,
and  shall  include  but  not be limited to, the council, the offices of
each elected official, the board of education, community school  boards,
community  boards,  the  financial  services corporation, the health and
hospitals corporation, the public development corporation, and  the  New
York  city  housing  authority,  but  shall not include any court or any
corporation or institution maintaining or operating a [public  library,]
museum,  botanical garden, arboretum, tomb, memorial building, aquarium,
zoological garden or similar facility.
  19. "Public servant" means all officials, officers  and  employees  of
the  city, including members of community boards [and], members of advi-
sory committees, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND KEY LIBRARY EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL
OF THE QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, except unpaid members of  advisory
committees shall not be public servants.

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

2015-S5443B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §2601, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1937

2015-S5443B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library.

2015-S5443B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5443B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5443--B
    Cal. No. 1320

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- reported favora-
  bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
  to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
  in  the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted,
  retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the membership
  of the board of trustees of the Queens Borough Public Library

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

  Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 19 of section 2601 of the New York city
charter, as added by a vote of the people of the city of New York at the
general election held in November  of  1988,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  "Agency"  means a city, county, borough or other office, position,
administration, department, division, bureau, board, commission, author-
ity, corporation, advisory committee or other agency of government,  the
expenses  of  which are paid in whole or in part from the city treasury,
and shall include but not be limited to, the  council,  the  offices  of
each  elected official, the board of education, community school boards,
community boards, the financial services  corporation,  the  health  and
hospitals  corporation,  the public development corporation, and the New
York city housing authority, but shall not  include  any  court  or  any
corporation  or institution maintaining or operating a [public library,]
museum, botanical garden, arboretum, tomb, memorial building,  aquarium,
zoological garden or similar facility.
  19.  "Public  servant"  means all officials, officers and employees of
the city, including members of community boards [and], members of  advi-
sory committees, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND KEY LIBRARY EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL
OF  THE QUEENS BOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, except unpaid members of advisory
committees shall not be public servants.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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