STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1459--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, BUTTENSCHON, JEAN-PIERRE, LUPARDO, OTIS, SILLITTI, WALLACE, JONES, STERN, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the additional appor- tionment of building aid for certain projects The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 6-f of section 2 3602 of the education law, as added by section 19 of part H of chapter 3 83 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) has a total project cost of [one hundred] two hundred fifty thou- 5 sand dollars or less[; provided however, that for any district, no more 6 than one project shall be eligible pursuant to this subparagraph for an 7 apportionment within the same school year] modified by an annual county 8 or multi-county labor market composite wage rate, established by the 9 commissioner of labor in consultation with the commissioner, for July 10 first of the base year, indexed to the median of such county or multi- 11 county rates, but not less than one, up to a maximum of five hundred 12 thousand dollars, as determined by the building aid regional cost 13 factor; and provided further a school district may combine up to five 14 years of project allowances pursuant to this subparagraph and apply to 15 the commissioner for project approval for the entire apportionment and 16 such apportionment may be used for one or more projects; and/or 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05649-02-3