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NY S06938

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/16/2023

Primary Sponsor

Iwen Chu

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Changes the grant calculation period from "state fiscal year" to "academic year" for library preservation and conservation grants under Education Law Section 273

  • Maintains annual formula grants of $158,000 to each of 12 comprehensive research libraries including Columbia, Cornell, NYU, University of Rochester, Syracuse, and SUNY institutions at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Stony Brook

  • Maintains a separate grant pool not to exceed $500,000 per academic year for eligible agencies and libraries not covered under the formula grant program, distributed based on project proposals

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Relates to changing the time for calculating amounts for awards of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials from being calculated for each state fiscal year, to each academic year.

Last Action

SUBSTITUTED BY A7246

6/7/2023

Committee Referrals

Libraries5/16/2023

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