Dissolves the Bancroft public library, in the town of Salem, as incorporated in 1851, and transfers its assets to a newly established Bancroft public library.
Ayes (8): Martins, Ball, Little, McDonald, Ritchie, Stewart-Cousins, Oppenheimer, Klein
Ayes (56): Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (6): Adams, Alesi, Espaillat, Huntley, O'Mara, Perkins
BILL NUMBER:S7220A
TITLE OF BILL: An act to dissolve the Bancroft public library and to transfer its assets to a newly established Bancroft public library
PURPOSE: To dissolve the Bancroft public library in the village of Salem and transfer all assets, holdings, and belongings to a newly created Bancroft public library.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill dissolves the Bancroft public library of Salem, which was created by a special act of the legislature pursuant to chapter 206 of the laws of 1851, as amended by chapter 329 of the laws of 1889, and as further amended. It then transfers all of said library's assets to the newly-created Bancroft public library, which was granted a five-year provisional charter by the board of regents on December 13, 2011.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
EXISTING LAW: None.
JUSTIFICATION: The existing Bancroft public library in Salem was created through the laws of 1851, as amended by the laws of 1889, and must be dissolved with all assets transferred to the newly created Bancroft public library so as to fully comply with the regulations that would allow it to become a member library in the Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS). The newly created library was granted a five-year provisional charter on December 13, 2011.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7220--A Cal. No. 1129 IN SENATE May 2, 2012 ___________Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report AN ACT to dissolve the Bancroft public library and to transfer its assets to a newly established Bancroft public library THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Bancroft public library and its incorporated trustees, established by a special act of the legislature pursuant to chapter 206 of the laws of 1851, as amended by chapter 329 of the laws of 1889, and as further amended, is hereby dissolved, and all assets, holdings and belongings owned in whole or in part by the Bancroft public library shall be transferred to a newly-created Bancroft public library, which was granted a five-year provisional charter by the board of regents on December 13, 2011. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15469-03-2
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