Bill Text: NY A05877 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5877 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to school aid for the installation of alternative energy, including solar, wind or geothermal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - referred to education [A05877 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05877-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5877
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 16, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPINACCI  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  school  aid  for  the
          installation of alternative energy
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3602 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 6-i to read as follows:
     3    6-i.  Additional  apportionment  of  building  aid for installation of
     4  alternative energy, including solar, wind or geothermal. In addition  to
     5  apportionments  payable to a school district pursuant to subdivision six
     6  of this section, the commissioner is hereby authorized to  apportion  to
     7  any  school  district  additional  building  aid in accordance with this
     8  subdivision for its approved expenses in the base year for the installa-
     9  tion of alternative energy, including solar, wind or  geothermal.    The
    10  amount of such apportionment shall equal the product of the building aid
    11  ratio defined pursuant to paragraph c of subdivision six of this section
    12  and  the  actual  approved expenses incurred by the district in the base
    13  year for each school building making such  installation,  provided  that
    14  the  amount  of  such apportionment shall not exceed the installation of
    15  such alternative energy.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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