New York S 6870: Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding

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S06870 Summary:

BILL NOS06870A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05525-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, FERNANDEZ, ROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §273-a, Ed L

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Relates to conducting a study on the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital funding; provides the department of education, in consultation with the dormitory authority, the office of the state comptroller, and the public library systems of the state, shall assess and report on the capital needs of such public library systems, including public libraries and association libraries.

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BILL NOS06870A

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.652

04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/30/2025PASSED SENATE

04/30/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/30/2025referred to libraries and education technology

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LIBRARIES

05/06/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES

05/06/2026PRINT NUMBER 6870A

05/12/20261ST REPORT CAL.1012

05/13/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/14/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6870--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, FERNANDEZ, ROLISON --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Libraries -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Libraries in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to conducting a study on
 the access of state public libraries and library systems to capital
 funding

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 273-a of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
 3 9. There shall be a study conducted relating to the access of state
 4 public libraries and library systems to capital funding.
 5 a. The department, in consultation with the dormitory authority, the
 6 office of the state comptroller, and the public library systems of the
 7 state, shall assess and report on the capital needs of such public
 8 library systems, including public libraries and association libraries.
 9 Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
 10 (1) identification of current options available to libraries and
 11 library systems for financing capital projects;
 12 (2) the projected capital needs of libraries and library systems over
 13 a five year period;
 14 (3) identification of alternative options for libraries and library
 15 systems to finance capital projects;
 16 (4) information related to dormitory authority financing of public
 17 libraries and public library systems in the past ten years including but
 18 not limited to: the total number of public libraries and library systems
 19 that have applied for dormitory authority financing; what percentage of
 20 public libraries and library systems are denied funding from the dormi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05012-03-5

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 1 tory authority and the reasons for such denials; the total cost of the
 2 proposed projects; and the amount of financing provided for the projects
 3 and the number of project applications submitted each year;
 4 (5) identification of special needs, barriers to accessing financing
 5 and options for financing for public libraries; and
 6 (6) recommendations for the improvement of access to capital funding
 7 for public libraries and library systems.
 8 b. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "public library"
 9 shall have the same meaning as in subdivision thirty-two of section
 10 sixteen hundred seventy-six of public authorities law.
 11 c. The study required by this s