Bill Text: NY S01861 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the powers and duties of the dormitory authority; amends the term "public library" to mean any library chartered by the state board of regents or incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law constituting a public library, an association library or a free library.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01861 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01861-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1861--A
            Cal. No. 104
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and  Commissions -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
          first and second report, ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to the powers
          and duties of the dormitory authority
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  32 of section 1676 of the public authorities
     2  law, as added by chapter 672 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read  as
     3  follows:
     4    32. The term "public library" shall mean [those libraries set forth in
     5  section five of the chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three
     6  which  added  this  subdivision, as defined as] any library chartered by
     7  the state board of regents  or  incorporated  under  the  not-for-profit
     8  corporation  law  constituting  a public library [or as], an association
     9  library [pursuant to] or a  free  library  as  defined  in  section  two
    10  hundred fifty-three of the education law.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall not affect the status as a "public library" for
    12  purposes of title 4 of article 8 of the public authorities law of  those
    13  libraries  set forth in section 5 of chapter 672 of the laws of 1993, as
    14  amended from time to time prior to the effective date of this  act,  nor
    15  shall  this  act  impair  the validity of bonds heretofore issued by the
    16  dormitory authority for the benefit of any such library.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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