Removes financial disincentives for voluntary public library system and reference and research library resources system mergers.

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S7239-2011 Actions

• Oct 3, 2012: VETOED MEMO.171
• Sep 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 19, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 19, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 19, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.366
• Jun 19, 2012: substituted for a10347
• Jun 13, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 13, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 13, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 13, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1250
• Jun 13, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 5, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• May 2, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S7239-2011 Meetings

Education: Jun 5, 2012, Rules: Jun 18, 2012

S7239-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012

S7239-2011 Votes

S7239-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7239

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to state aid to libraries and
library systems

PURPOSE:
This bill would eliminate the financial disincentive under the current
state aid formulas for the merging of library systems.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill adds a new paragraph (o) to 273(1) Education Law
to provide that any new public library system established through
merger on or after April 1, 2012 shall continue to receive at least
the same level of funding annually as the component systems would
have received individually as of the fiscal year immediately
preceeding the year in which the merger was approved.

Section 2 of the bill adds a new paragraph (d) to 273(4) Education Law
to provide that any new reference and research library resources
system established through merger on or after April 1, 2012 shall
continue to receive at least the same level of funding annually as
the component systems would have received individually as of the
fiscal year immediately preceeding the year in which the merger was
approved.

JUSTIFICATION:
New York currently has 23 public library systems and 9 reference and
research library systems which provide a variety of services to
numerous local libraries. These systems play an important role in
ensuring the availability of library services throughout the State,
and work closely with local libraries to assist them with their
needs. Some systems have considered the possibility of merging in
order to operate more efficiently and effectively and to retain or
expand their services.
However, under the current state aid formulas, systems which merge
would receive less state aid than the component systems would receive
if they remained separate entities. This bill would preserve current
levels of state aid for library systems that merge, thereby
eliminating a potential financial disincentive for such mergers.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State, as merged systems would
continue to receive the same level of state aid as the component
systems had received separately.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S7239-2011 Text

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

                                    7239

                              I N  SENATE

                                 May 2, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- 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 state aid to libraries
    and library systems

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


    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  273  of the education law is
  amended by adding a new paragraph o to read as follows:

    O. ANY NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM  ESTABLISHED  THROUGH  MERGER  ON  OR
  AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWELVE, SHALL RECEIVE NO LESS STATE
  FORMULA AID THAN THE COMPONENT PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS WERE  ENTITLED  TO
  RECEIVE  UNDER THIS SECTION AND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO AND TWO
  HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS PART IN THE FISCAL YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEED-
  ING THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MERGER IS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
    S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 273 of the education law is  amended  by
  adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:

    D. ANY NEW REFERENCE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY RESOURCES SYSTEM ESTABLISHED
  THROUGH  MERGER  ON  OR  AFTER  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, SHALL
  RECEIVE NO LESS STATE FORMULA  AID  THAN  THE  COMPONENT  REFERENCE  AND
  RESEARCH  LIBRARY  RESOURCES SYSTEMS WERE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE UNDER THIS
  SECTION AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS PART IN  THE  FISCAL
  YEAR  IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH SUCH MERGER IS APPROVED BY
  THE COMMISSIONER.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD15509-01-2