New York A 4150: Establishing the SUNY excess building asset inventory and repurposing act

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A04150 Summary:

BILL NOA04150 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGray

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COSPNSRLemondes, Brown K, Beephan

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§370 & 373, Ed L

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Relates to establishing the SUNY excess building asset inventory and repurposing act and conducting a study relating to repurposing or demolishing excess buildings in the state university of New York.

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BILL NOA04150 

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01/31/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4150

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, LEMONDES, K. BROWN, BEEPHAN -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT amending the education law, in relation to establishing the "SUNY
 excess building asset inventory and repurposing act"; conducting a
 study relating to excess building assets; and providing for the repeal
 of certain 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. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "SUNY excess building asset inventory and repurposing act".
 3 § 2. Section 370 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision 15 to read as follows:
 5 15. "Excess building assets" shall mean any buildings or structures
 6 owned by the state university of New York that are not currently being
 7 used for academic, administrative, or residential purposes.
 8 § 3. Section 373 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 9 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
 10 20. The fund shall conduct an inventory of all excess building assets
 11 that is to be completed no later than one year after the effective date
 12 of this subdivision, and annually thereafter. Such inventory shall
 13 contain the following information for each excess building asset:
 14 (a) location;
 15 (b) size;
 16 (c) type, including but not limited to, residential, academic, or
 17 administrative;
 18 (d) current condition; and
 19 (e) past use.
 20 § 4. 1. Following an inventory of all excess building assets pursuant
 21 to subdivision twenty of section three hundred seventy-three of the
 22 education law, the state university of New York shall conduct a study to
 23 be completed no later than two years after the effective date of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08229-01-5

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 1 section which shall include but not be limited to the following informa-
 2 tion:
 3 (a) the effect of repurposing excess building assets, and such repur-
 4 posing's potential to provide cost relief to institutions;
 5 (b) the financial feasibility of such repurposing;
 6 (c) proposals for potential uses of excess building assets including
 7 potential demolition, if necessary and the environmental impact of such
 8 demolitions; and
 9 (d) the potential cost savings from repurposing or demolition, and
 10 potential sources of funding for such repurposing or demolition.
 11 2. The state university shall provide a report to the governor, the
 12 temporary president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate,
 13 the speaker of the assembly, and the minority leader of the assembly
 14 upon the completion of the inventory and study. The report shall
 15 include, but not be limited to, the findings of the inventory and study,
 16 as well as recommendations for legislative or administrative actions to
 17 address the excess building assets.
 18 § 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 19 section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent
 20 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or
 21 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 22 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof
 23 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 24 been rendered. It is hereby declared to