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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8251
SPONSOR: Gray TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Establishing the SUNY excess building asset inventory and repurposing
act
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Names the short title
Section 2 Defines "building excess assets"
Section 3 Describes the inventory required
Section 4 Requires a study to be done upon completion of inventory
Section 5 Severability clauses
Section 6 sets forth the effective date, which is immediately
JUSTIFICATION:
As some SUNY institutions face financial turmoil, it is of the utmost
importance that they are operating in the most efficient manner possi-
ble. Resources and fixed assets must be maintained and utilized proper-
ly. This legislation would require SUNY campuses to study all operating
inventory to determine which buildings are excess and could be repur-
posed or closed. Doing so would allow SUNY to continue operating in the
efficient manner that students and taxpayers deserve.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8251
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 15, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- 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.
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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 be the intent of the legislature
25 that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions
26 had not been included herein.
27 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
28 the provisions of section four of this act shall expire three years
29 after such date when upon such date the provisions of such section shall
30 be deemed repealed.
