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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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