Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jul 31, 2013 |
signed chap.181 |
Jul 19, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2013 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1464 substituted for s5706 |
Jun 18, 2013 |
substituted by a1398a ordered to third reading cal.1464 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 06, 2013 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5706
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1398 - Signed by Governor
- 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
Actions
Votes
2013-S5706 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S5706 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5706 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services PURPOSE: To grant to any Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), the ability to enter into contracts with public or association libraries or library systems to provide telecommunications services. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of education law by adding a new subparagraph 6 which grants to boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) the ability to enter into contracts with public or association libraries or library systems to provide telecommunications services. EXISTING LAW: Currently BOCES are not authorized to enter into these types of contracts. JUSTIFICATION: Many BOCES have invested significant sums of money. in developing their own telecommunications networks including high-speed Internet service. Public libraries, throughout the State have a similar need to access telecommunication services including high speed Internet services, but have not been able to invest the money needed
2013-S5706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5706 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the educa- tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 11 to read as follows: (11) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HIGH-SPEED TELECOM- MUNICATIONS SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET SERVICES. ANY SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER, WHO MAY ONLY APPROVE SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT WHEN, IN SUCH COMMISSIONER'S OPINION, SUCH CONTRACT: (A) WILL RESULT IN A MORE ECONOMICAL UTILIZATION OF EXISTING BOARDS OF COOPER- ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES HIGH-SPEED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES OR RESOURCES THAN WOULD BE ACHIEVED WERE SUCH CONTRACT NOT APPROVED; (B) WILL NOT DISRUPT THE LEVEL OF SERVICES TO COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AND (C) WILL RESULT IN A MORE ECONOMICAL UTILIZATION OF EXISTING LIBRARY RESOURCES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A FINDING, IN WRITING, MAKING ANY DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH. SUCH SERVICES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SYSTEMS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT COST AND SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02853-03-3
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.