Bill Text: NY A06266 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Adds school districts to the performance of municipal cooperative activities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A06266 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A06266-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6266 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 25, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. P. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the perform- ance of municipal cooperative activities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 119-o of the general municipal 2 law, as amended by chapter 623 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1. In addition to any other general or special powers vested in munic- 5 ipal corporations, DISTRICTS, and SCHOOL districts for the performance 6 of their respective functions, powers or duties on an individual, 7 cooperative, joint or contract basis, municipal corporations, DISTRICTS 8 and SCHOOL districts shall have power to enter into, amend, cancel and 9 terminate agreements for the performance among themselves or one for the 10 other of their respective functions, powers and duties on a cooperative 11 or contract basis or for the provision of a joint service or a joint 12 water, sewage or drainage project. Notwithstanding the foregoing grant 13 of authority, the temporary investment of moneys by more than one munic- 14 ipal corporation, DISTRICT or SCHOOL district pursuant to a municipal 15 cooperation agreement which meets the definition of "cooperative invest- 16 ment agreement" as set forth in article three-A of this chapter shall be 17 in compliance with all of the requirements of that article. Any agree- 18 ment entered into hereunder shall be approved by each participating 19 municipal corporation, DISTRICT or SCHOOL district by a majority vote of 20 the voting strength of its governing body. Where the authority of any 21 municipal corporation or district to perform by itself any function, 22 power and duty or to provide by itself any facility, service, activity, 23 project or undertaking or the financing thereof is, by any other general 24 or special law, subject to a public hearing, a mandatory or permissive 25 referendum, consents of governmental agencies, or other requirements 26 applicable to the making of contracts, then its right to participate in 27 an agreement hereunder shall be similarly conditioned. 28 S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03799-01-3