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NY Educ L § 239-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 239-A - Collection and Distribution of Student's Residual Consumer Goods.

§  239-a.  Collection  and distribution of student's residual consumer   goods. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms  shall  have   the following meanings:a.  "consumer  goods" shall mean goods that are used or bought for use   primarily for personal, family or household purposes including, but  not   limited   to,   home   furnishings,  canned  and  non-perishable  foods,   factory-sealed   and/or   originally-packaged   toiletries,    clothing,   cookware, and electronics.b. "university" and "college" shall have the same meaning as set forth   in section two of this title.c.  "city  university"  shall  have  the  same meaning as set forth in   section sixty-two hundred two of this chapter.2. The administration of the individual state  and  city  universities   and  colleges  and every public or private college, community college or   university within the state,  are  hereby  authorized  to  facilitate  a   campus-wide  charitable  donation  program for local area not-for-profit   organizations  utilizing  students'   residual   consumer   goods.   The   administration:a.  shall  designate  a collection area for students to drop-off their   unused or surplus goods two weeks before the end of the school year;b. shall either develop a direct  donation  program  of  the  residual   consumer  goods  or  organize  a  charitable  event  to collect residual   consumer  goods  and  donate  such   goods   to   local   not-for-profit   organizations; andc.  may  involve  student  organizations for the implementation of the   program.3. The consumer goods collected:a. shall be from those college  students  residing  in  campus-related   residential facilities;b.  shall  be consumer goods that would be discarded at the end of the   school year by college students;c. shall be in useable and good working condition.4.  In  the  event  that  there  is  no  viable  local  not-for-profit   organization  able  to  accept the residential consumer goods collected,   the administration of the individual state or city university or college   or public or private college, community college or university within the   state may organize a campus-wide sale of such goods. The profits of such   sale may be dedicated by the student organizations or by the  individual   state  or  city  university  or  college  or  public or private college,   community college or university facilitating  the  program  to  a  local   not-for-profit organization.5.  The  administration  of any individual state or city university or   college or public or private college, community  college  or  university   may  grant  credit to student members of organizations involved with the   program, pursuant to subdivision two of this section, in the amount  and   form that such administration deems appropriate.
NY Educ L § 239-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 239-B - Research Dogs and Cats.

§  239-b.  Research  dogs  and  cats.  1.  A higher education research   facility that receives public money, including tax-exempt status,  or  a   facility that provides research in collaboration with a higher education   facility shall after the completion of any testing or research involving   a  dog or cat, assess the health of the dog or cat and determine whether   it is  suitable  for  adoption.  Such  facility  shall  thereafter  make   reasonable efforts to offer for adoption the dog or cat determined to be   suitable  for  adoption,  either through private placement or through an   animal rescue and shelter organization, a duly incorporated society  for   the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals,  a  duly  incorporated humane   society, or a  duly  incorporated  animal  protective  association  that   operates physical animal sheltering facilities and offers household pets   to  the  public  for adoption by way of an established adoption program,   prior to euthanizing such dog or cat.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall   create  a  duty  upon  such  an  organization, association or society to   accept a dog or cat offered by a higher education research facility  for   adoption.2.  A  facility  that  is  required to offer dogs or cats for adoption   under this section may enter into an agreement with an animal rescue and   shelter organization, a duly incorporated society for the prevention  of   cruelty  to  animals,  a  duly  incorporated  humane  society, or a duly   incorporated animal protective association that operates physical animal   sheltering facilities and  offers  household  pets  to  the  public  for   adoption by way of an established adoption program.3.  The  attending or institutional veterinarian at a facility that is   required to offer dogs or cats for adoption  under  this  section  shall   have  the  authority  to  assess  the  health of an animal and determine   whether an animal is suitable for adoption.
NY Educ L § 240 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1-A - Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities 240 - The Stony Brook University Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook University.

§  240.  The  Stony  Brook  university  Cody  center  for  autism  and   developmental disabilities at Stony Brook university.  The  Stony  Brook   university   Cody  center  for  autism  and  developmental  disabilities   (hereinafter  the  "Cody  center")  is  hereby  established  under   the   jurisdiction  of the state university of New York. The Cody center shall   be administered as a program of the state university in accordance  with   the policies of the trustees of the state university.
NY Educ L § 241 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1-A - Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities 241 - Purposes of the Cody Center.

§  241.  Purposes  of the Cody center. The purposes of the Cody center shall be to:   1. Advance the standards of care for individuals with autism  spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities.   2.  Provide  an  educational  setting  for  professionals working with families of individuals with developmental disabilities.   3. Contribute significant research outcomes to  the  body  of  science surrounding   cause,  identification,  and  treatment  of  developmental disabilities.   4. Practice a multidisciplinary  approach  when  serving  people  with developmental disabilities.   5.  Support  and  advance  developed  programs  that  form the core of community services and education including the  social  skills  program, the  resource center, the school consultation program, undergraduate and graduate courses, the parent education program and case management.  (a) The social skills program at the Cody center:  (i) Curriculum is primarily geared  toward  children  and  adolescents with pervasive developmental disorders.  (ii) The program uses a positive teaching approach, in a group format, to promote the development of pro-social behaviors.  (iii)  Clinical  psychologists  and  behavior  specialists  facilitate groups.  (b) Resource center services: The Cody center occupies a  facility  in Port  Jefferson  Station  designed  to provide evaluation and continuing treatment by a multidisciplinary staff including psychiatry, psychology, neurology, genetics, social work and other specialties. The Cody  center provides the following services:  (i) Community outreach.  (ii)  Individualized  information/support sessions with family members of newly diagnosed children.  (iii) Medicaid service coordination.  (iv) Non-medicaid service coordination.  (v) Sponsorship of parent and professional training seminars.  (c)  School  consultation  services:  Children  with  autism  spectrum disorders face a number of challenges in mainstream educational systems. Often,  school  district  personnel  do  not  have  the special training required to make inclusion a rewarding and  successful  experience.  The school  consultation  program  aims to support teachers and other school personnel in their efforts to educate and work effectively with children with autism spectrum disorders. The program provides:  (i) Proactive and ongoing technical assistance to school districts and private educational facilities throughout Long Island.  (ii) Consultation services by  Cody  center  autism  specialists  with extensive  experience  and  training  in  addressing  the  learning  and behavioral needs of children with autism spectrum disorders.  (d) Services include:  (i) Program planning and staff development.  (ii) Parent training.  (iii) Technical assistance to classroom teams to address the needs  of a particular child or children.
NY Educ L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1-A - Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities 242 - Site.

§  242.  Site.  The  site  of the Cody center shall be at the Matt and   Debra Cody center for autism and developmental disabilities at the state   university at Stony Brook.
NY Educ L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1-A - Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities 243 - Funding and Reporting.

§  243.  Funding  and reporting. Funds shall be made available for the   support of the Cody center in the amounts appropriated for this purpose.   The Cody center shall annually submit a  complete  and  detailed  report   setting  forth  its  operations and accomplishments to the chancellor of   the state university, the president of the  state  university  at  Stony   Brook,  the  director of the budget, and the chairs of the senate higher   education committee, the senate finance committee, the  assembly  higher   education committee and the assembly ways and means committee.
NY Educ L § 245 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 245 - State Library, How Constituted.

§ 245. State   library,   how  constituted.    All  books,  pamphlets,   manuscripts,  records,  archives  and  maps,  and  all  other   property   appropriate  to  a general library, if owned by the state and not placed   in other custody  by  law,  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  regents  and   constitute the state library.
NY Educ L § 246 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 246 - State Medical Library.

§ 246. State  medical  library.   The state medical library shall be a   part of the New  York  state  library  under  the  same  government  and   regulations  and  shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the   state at all hours when the state library is open and shall be available   for borrowing books to every accredited physician residing in the  state   of  New  York,  who  shall  conform to the rules made by the regents for   insuring proper protection and the largest usefulness to the  people  of   the said medical library.
NY Educ L § 247 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 247 - State Law Library; Legislative Reference Library.

§ 247. State  law  library;  legislative reference library.  The state   law library and the legislative reference library shall be parts of  the   New  York  state  library  under the same government and regulations and   shall be open for consultation to every citizen  of  the  state  at  all   hours  when  the  state  library  is  open  and the law library shall be   available for borrowing books to every duly admitted  attorney  residing   in  the  state  of  New York, who shall conform to the rules made by the   regents for insuring proper protection and the largest usefulness to the   people of the said law library.
NY Educ L § 248 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 248 - Manuscript and Records "On File".

§ 248. Manuscript  and records "on file". Manuscript or printed papers   of the legislature, usually termed "on file," and which shall have  been   on  file  more  than  five  years  in custody of the senate and assembly   clerks, and all public records of the state not placed in other  custody   by  a  specific law shall be part of the state library and shall be kept   in rooms assigned and suitably arranged for that purpose by the trustees   of public buildings. The regents shall cause such papers and records  to   be so classified and arranged that they can be easily found. No paper or   record  shall  be  removed from such files except on a resolution of the   senate and assembly withdrawing them for a  temporary  purpose,  and  in   case  of  such removal a description of the paper or record and the name   of the person removing the same shall be entered in a book provided  for   that purpose, with the date of its delivery and return.
NY Educ L § 249 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 249 - State Library, When Open; Use of Books.

§ 249. State library, when open; use of books. The state library shall   be  kept  open  at least eight hours each day on five days every week in   the  year  except  the  legal  holidays  known  as   Independence   day,   Thanksgiving  day  and  Christmas  day.  Nothing  in  this section shall   prohibit the regents from opening the state library on  other  days  and   times.  Members  of  the  legislature,  judges  of the court of appeals,   justices of the supreme court and heads of state departments may  borrow   from  the  library books for use in Albany, but shall be subject to such   restrictions and penalties as may be prescribed by the regents  for  the   safety  or  greater  usefulness  of  the  library.  Under such rules and   conditions as the regents may prescribe, the state library may lend  its   books  and  printed material for a limited time to other individuals and   institutions conforming to said rules and conditions. Such service shall   be free to residents of this  state  as  far  as  practicable,  but  the   regents may, in their discretion, charge a proper fee to nonresidents or   for  assistance of a personal nature or for other reason not properly an   expense to the state, but which may be authorized for the  accommodation   of users of the library.
NY Educ L § 249-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 249-A - Libraries of Public Institutions of Higher Education; Access and Use.

§ 249-a. Libraries  of public institutions of higher education; access   and use.   The  state  university  trustees  and  the  board  of  higher   education  of  the  city  of New York are hereby authorized to establish   such rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate  to  make   provision  for  access  and  use  by  the  residents of the state of the   libraries and library facilities of the public  institutions  of  higher   education under their respective jurisdictions.
NY Educ L § 250 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 250 - Duplicate Department.

§ 250. Duplicate  department.    The  regents shall have charge of the   preparation, publication and distribution, whether by sale, exchange  or   gift,  of  the  colonial  history,  natural  history and all other state   publications not otherwise assigned by law.  To guard against  waste  or   destruction  of state publications, and to provide for the completion of   sets to be permanently preserved in American and foreign libraries,  the   regents  shall  maintain  a  duplicate  department  to  which each state   department, bureau, board, commission, authority,  division,  office  or   public benefit corporation shall send after completing its distribution,   any  remaining  copies which it no longer requires.  The above, with any   other publications not  needed  in  the  state  library,  shall  be  the   duplicate  department, and rules for sale, exchange or distribution from   it shall be fixed by the regents, who shall use all receipts  from  such   exchanges  or sales for the expenses of and for increasing the duplicate   department or depository of the state library.
NY Educ L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 251 - Transfers From State Officers.

§ 251. Transfers  from  state officers.   The librarian of any library   owned by the state, or the officer in charge of  any  state  department,   bureau,  board, commission or other office may, with the approval of the   regents, transfer to the permanent  custody  of  the  state  library  or   museum any books, papers, maps, manuscripts, specimens or other articles   which,  because  of  being  duplicates or for other reasons, will in his   judgment be more useful to the state in the state library or museum than   if retained in his keeping.
NY Educ L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 252 - Other Libraries Owned by the State.

§ 252. Other  libraries  owned  by the state.  The report of the state   library to the legislature shall include a statement of the total number   of volumes or pamphlets, the  number  added  during  the  year,  with  a   summary  of operations and conditions, and any needed recommendation for   safety or usefulness for each of the other libraries owned by the state,   the custodian of which shall furnish such information or facilities  for   inspection  as  the regents may require for making this report.  Each of   these libraries shall be under the sole control now provided by law, but   for the annual report of the total number of books owned  by  or  bought   each  year by the state, it shall be considered as a branch of the state   library and  shall  be  entitled  to  any  facilities  for  exchange  of   duplicates, inter-library loans or other privileges properly accorded to   a branch.
NY Educ L § 253 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 253 - Public and Association Libraries and Museums.

§ 253. Public   and   association  libraries  and  museums.    1.  All   provisions of this section and of sections two hundred fifty-four to two   hundred seventy-one inclusive shall apply equally to libraries, museums,   and to combined libraries and museums, and the word "library"  shall  be   construed to mean reference and circulating libraries and reading rooms.2.  The  term  "public"  library  as  used  in  this  chapter shall be   construed to mean a  library,  other  than  professional,  technical  or   public  school library, established for free public purposes by official   action of a municipality or district or the legislature, where the whole   interests belong to the public; the term "association" library shall  be   construed  to  mean a library established and controlled, in whole or in   part, by a group of private individuals  operating  as  an  association,   closed corporation or as trustees under the provisions of a will or deed   of trust; and the term "free" as applied to a library shall be construed   to mean a library maintained for the benefit and free use on equal terms   of all the people of the community in which the library is located.3.  The  term  "Indian  library"  shall  be construed to mean a public   library established by the tribal government of the Saint  Regis  Mohawk   tribe,  the  Seneca Nations of Indians or the Tonawanda Seneca tribe and   located on their respective reservations, to serve Indians  residing  on   such  reservations  and  any  other  persons  designated by its board of   trustees.
NY Educ L § 254 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 254 - Standards of Library Service.

§ 254. Standards  of library service.  The regents shall have power to   fix standards of library service for every free association, public  and   hospital   library  or,  with  the  advice  of  the  appropriate  tribal   government and library board of trustees, Indian library which  receives   any  portion  of  the  moneys  appropriated  by  the  state  to aid such   libraries, or which is supported in whole or in part by  tax  levied  by   any  municipality  or  district.  In the case of a hospital library or a   library serving a hospital,  such  standards  shall  be  established  in   consultation  with the commissioner of health. If any such library shall   fail to comply with the regents requirements,  such  library  shall  not   receive  any  portion  of the moneys appropriated by the state for free,   hospital or Indian  libraries  nor  shall  any  tax  be  levied  by  any   municipality  or  district  for  the support in whole or in part of such   library.
NY Educ L § 256 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 2 - Libraries 256 - Contracts.

§ 256. Contracts.    1.  Any  authority  named  in section two hundred   fifty-five may,  individually  or  jointly  with  another  municipal  or   district  body  or tribal government, grant money for the support of the   cost of maintaining or the  cost  of  any  capital  improvements  to  or   expenditure  for one or more:  free association libraries, provided such   libraries are registered by the regents; public libraries, provided such   libraries are registered by the regents; and cooperative library systems   approved by the commissioner;  or  may,  individually  or  jointly  with   another  municipal  or district body or tribal government, contract with   the trustees of a free association library registered by the regents, or   with any municipal or district body having control of such a library, or   with the trustees  of  the  cooperative  library  system,  or  with  the   trustees  of  a  public  library  registered  by  the regents to furnish   library  services  to  the  people  of  the  municipality,  district  or   reservation for whose benefit the contract is made, under such terms and   conditions  as  may be stated in such contract.  The amount agreed to be   paid for such services under such contract shall be a  charge  upon  the   municipal  or  district  bodies or tribal government which agree to make   the payment and shall be paid directly to  the  treasurer  of  the  free   association  library,  public  library  or  of  the  cooperative library   system.2. When the municipality agreeing to make the payment or  grant  is  a   town in which there are one or more incorporated villages, which village   or  villages  jointly  with  such  town  contract with the trustees of a   cooperative library system, a free association library or  with  another   municipal district or body having control of a public library whether or   not  such  district or body is an incorporated village in such town, the   amount appropriated by the town board in such town  shall  be  a  charge   upon  the  taxable property of that part of the town outside of any such   incorporated village.