STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8410 IN SENATE May 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 state aid for library construction; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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 273-a of the education law, as 2 separately amended by chapters 381 and 389 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. State aid shall be provided for up to fifty percent of the total 5 project approved costs, excluding feasibility studies, plans or similar 6 activities, for projects for the installation and infrastructure of 7 broadband services, and for the acquisition of vacant land and the 8 acquisition, construction, renovation or rehabilitation, including 9 leasehold improvements, of buildings of public libraries and library 10 systems chartered by the regents of the state of New York or established 11 by act of the legislature subject to the limitations provided in subdi- 12 vision six of this section and upon approval by the commissioner, except 13 that state aid may be provided for up to seventy-five percent of the 14 total project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are 15 located in an economically disadvantaged community and that state aid 16 may be provided for up to ninety percent of the total project approved 17 costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in an econom- 18 ically distressed community. Provided however that the state liability 19 for aid paid pursuant to this section shall be limited to funds appro- 20 priated for such purpose. Aid shall be provided on approved expenses 21 incurred during the period commencing July first and ending June thirti- 22 eth for up to three years, or until the project is completed, whichever 23 occurs first. Provided, however, that public libraries that received 24 aid for projects pursuant to this section commencing July first, two 25 thousand seventeen through July first, two thousand nineteen and are 26 unable to complete such projects due to the state disaster emergency 27 declared pursuant to executive order number two hundred two of two thou- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16347-02-0

S. 8410 2 1 sand twenty, as amended, shall be provided an additional twelve months 2 from the statutory project end date to complete such projects. Fifty 3 percent of such aid shall be payable to each system or library upon 4 approval of the application by the department. Forty percent of such aid 5 shall be payable in the next state fiscal year. The remaining ten 6 percent shall be payable upon project completion. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 8 deemed repealed July 1, 2023; provided, however, that the amendments to 9 subdivision 1 of section 273-a of the education law made by section one 10 of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be 11 deemed to expire therewith.

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