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- Vetoed memo.171
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.366
- Substituted for A10347
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1250
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
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- Referred to education
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Removes financial disincentives for voluntary public library system and reference and research library resources system mergers
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Robert Reilly
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7239
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to state aid to libraries and library systems
Purpose
This bill would eliminate the financial disincentive under the current state aid formulas for the merging of library systems.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill adds a new paragraph (o) to 273(1) Education Law to provide that any new public library system established through merger on or after April 1, 2012 shall continue to receive at least the same level of funding annually as the component systems would have received individually as of the fiscal year immediately preceeding the year in which the merger was approved.
Section 2 of the bill adds a new paragraph (d) to 273(4) Education Law to provide that any new reference and research library resources system established through merger on or after April 1, 2012 shall continue to receive at least the same level of funding annually as the component systems would have received individually as of the fiscal year immediately preceeding the year in which the merger was approved.
Justification
New York currently has 23 public library systems and 9 reference and research library systems which provide a variety of services to numerous local libraries. These systems play an important role in ensuring the availability of library services throughout the State, and work closely with local libraries to assist them with their needs. Some systems have considered the possibility of merging in order to operate more efficiently and effectively and to retain or expand their services. However, under the current state aid formulas, systems which merge would receive less state aid than the component systems would receive if they remained separate entities. This bill would preserve current levels of state aid for library systems that merge, thereby eliminating a potential financial disincentive for such mergers.
Fiscal implications
None to the State, as merged systems would continue to receive the same level of state aid as the component systems had received separately.
Effective date
Immediately.
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