Bill Text: NY A05729 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Authorizes municipal corporations, school districts and BOCES to consolidate services and functions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A05729 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05729-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5729
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  education  law,  in
          relation to authorizing municipal corporations to consolidate services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new  arti-
     2  cle 17-B to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 17-B
     4                          CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES
     5  Section 795. Consolidation of services.
     6    §  795. Consolidation of services. Any municipal corporation may enter
     7  into an agreement with any other municipal corporation, school  district
     8  or board of cooperative educational services for the sharing of services
     9  and functions.
    10    §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 1510-a to
    11  read as follows:
    12    § 1510-a. Sharing of services. Any school district, board  of  cooper-
    13  ative  educational  services  or  municipal corporation, as that term is
    14  defined by section two of the general municipal law, may enter  into  an
    15  agreement  with  any  other school district, board of cooperative educa-
    16  tional services or municipal corporation for the sharing of services and
    17  functions.
    18    § 3. Section 1604 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    19  subdivision 43 to read as follows:
    20    43.  To  agree  or contract with any school district, board of cooper-
    21  ative educational services or municipal corporation,  as  that  term  is
    22  defined  by section two of the general municipal law, for the sharing of
    23  services and functions.
    24    § 4. Section 1709 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    25  subdivision 43 to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09419-01-9
        A. 5729                             2
     1    43.  To  agree  or contract with any school district, board of cooper-
     2  ative educational services or municipal corporation,  as  that  term  is
     3  defined  by section two of the general municipal law, for the sharing of
     4  services and functions.
     5    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.