Bill Text: NY S04742 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires timely approval of capital improvement projects by the department of education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04742 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04742-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4742
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 15, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  approval  of  capital
         improvement projects by the department of education
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 408 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7. A. THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL  COMPLETE  AND  RETURN  THEIR  REVIEW,  IN
    4  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, OF ANY LOCALLY APPROVED
    5  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF  RECEIVING
    6  A COMPLETED APPLICATION.
    7    B.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT" SHALL MEAN
    8  (I) ANY PHYSICAL PUBLIC BETTERMENT OR  IMPROVEMENT  OR  ANY  PRELIMINARY
    9  STUDIES AND SURVEYS RELATIVE THERETO, OR
   10    (II) LAND OR RIGHTS IN LAND, OR
   11    (III) ANY FURNISHINGS, MACHINERY, APPARATUS OR EQUIPMENT FOR ANY PHYS-
   12  ICAL  BETTERMENT  OR  IMPROVEMENT WHEN SUCH BETTERMENT OR IMPROVEMENT IS
   13  FIRST CONSTRUCTED OR ACQUIRED, OR
   14    (IV) ANY COMBINATION OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (I),  (II)  AND  (III)  OF  THIS
   15  PARAGRAPH.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10383-02-5
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