Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2012
Note: See also below for the same chart in reverse chronological order, with newest first.
2012
| Charter Actions By System | Old (2011) | New (2012) | ||||||||||
| Date | Name | Library ID Code |
Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | Popu. (2000 Census) |
Type | Area | Popu. (2010 Census) |
Type | Area |
| 12/11/2012 | Ellenburg Sarah A. Munsil Free Library | 2000092075 | Ellenburg/Clinton | Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Extension of Provisional Charter | Extension of provisional charter for five years to December 11, 2017. | 1,812 | Association | Town | 1,743 | Association | Town |
| 4/24/2012 | Hammond Library of Crown Point | 2000151660 | Crown Point/Essex | Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Extension of Provisional Charter | Extension of provisional charter for five years to April 24, 2017. | 2,105 | Public | School District | 2,011 | Public | School District |
| 7/16/2012 | Seneca Falls Library | 2400566010 | Seneca Falls/Seneca | Finger Lakes Library System | Absolute Charter in the First Instance | New association library serving the residents of the Seneca Falls Central School District succeeds the Seneca Falls Free Library, a library which served the now dissolved village of Seneca Falls. | 6,861 | Association | Village | 9,838 | Association | School District |
| 3/20/2012 | Fairview Public Library | 2800123905 | Margaretville (Town of Middletown)/ Delaware | Four County | Amendment | Amended to change the trustee term length from five years to three years; and to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process. | 4,015 | Public | Town | 3,750 | Public | |
| 12/11/2012 | Village Library Of Morris | 2800474260 | Morris/Otsego | Four County | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name from “Village Library of Morris” to "Morris Library"; to designate the library’s service area to be coterminous with the Morris Central School District; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than seven nor more than eleven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 1,867 | Association | Town | 2,696 | Association | School District |
| 5/22/2012 | Springfield Library | 2800476060 | Springfield Center/Otsego | Four County | Extension of Provisional Charter | Extension of provisional charter for five years to May 22, 2017. | 1,350 | Association | Town | 1,358 | Association | Town |
| 12/11/2012 | Four County Library System | 31601700009 | Vestal/Broome | Four County | Amendment | Amended to delete the wording "…There shall be two trustees from each county included in the system plus one representing the board(s) of trustees of the system's designated central or co-central libraries…" and inserting the language "…There shall be at least one trustee from each county within the system with the remaining five trustees coming from any county within the system, but no more than three trustees total from any one county..."; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 361,668 | Cooperative Public Library System | Other | 361,316 | Cooperative Public Library System | Other |
| 12/11/2012 | Starr Institute | Rhinebeck/Dutchess | Mid-Hudson | Provisional Charter | A new association library is established to serve the residents of the town of Rhinebeck. The library board shall have power by vote of two-thirds of all members of the board to change the number of trustees to be not more than fifteen nor less than eleven. The number of incorporating trustees is thirteen. | 7,762 | Association | Town | 7,548 | Association | Town | |
| 7/16/2012 | Earlville Free Library | 3600251860 | Earlville/Madison | Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to change the trustee term length from five years to three years; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 791 | Association | Village | 872 | Association | Village |
| 12/11/2012 | Hamilton Public Library | 3600252730 | Hamilton/Madison | Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Hamilton; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 3,509 | Public | Village | 4,239 | Public | Village |
| 9/11/2012 | Clayville Library Association | 3600411410 | Clayville/Oneida | Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Paris; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than twenty-five;and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 445 | Association | Village | 4,411 | Association | Town |
| 4/24/2012 | Prospect Free Library | 3600415385 | Prospect/ Oneida | Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees shall not be less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being eight; designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation upon whom process in any action or proceeding against it may be served; to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3); to designate the library’s service area to be all of the village of Prospect, portions of the town of Trenton, portions of Holland Patent Central School District and Remsen Central School District which is exactly described by the following census tracts numbered: 360430115011097, 360430115011101, 360430115011026, 360430115011096, 360430115011104, 360430115011094, 360430115011103, 360430115011028, 360430115011119, 360430115011123, 360430115011050, 360430115011023, 360430115011099, 360430115011100, 360430115011102, 360430115011098, 360430115011045, 360430115011095, 360430115011053, 360430115011105, 360430115011051, 360430115011122, 360430115011044, 360650241023059, 360650240001009, 360650240001052, 360650240001148, 360650240001003, 360650240001048, 360650240001080, 360650240001152, 360650240001091, 360650240001057, 360650240001155, 360650240001054, 360650240001142, 360650240001008, 360650240001004, 360650240001049, 360650240001002, 360650240001153, 360650240001005, 360650240001149, 360650240001140, 360650240001088, 360650240001162, 360650240001195, 360650240001156, 360650240001147, 360650240001197, 360650240001056, 360650240001141, 360650240001094, 360650240001194, 360650240001175, 360650240001150, 360650240001168, 360650240001000, 360650240001151, 360650240001165, 360650240001164, 360650240001039, 360650240001001, 360650240001204, 360650240001154, 360650240001030, 360650240001040, 360650240001061, 360650240001095, 360650240001027, 360650240001053, 360650240001161, 360650240001158, 360650240001163, 360650240001196, 360650240001044, 360650240001143, 360650240001084, 360650240001007, 360650240001170, 360650240001029, 360650240001028, 360650240001023, 360650241023060, 360650240001201, 360650240001025, 360650240001006, 360650240001050, 360650240001035, 360650240001034, 360650240001145, 360650240001198, 360650240001041, 360650240001046, 360650240001026, 360650240001038, 360650240001060, 360650240001139, 360650240001092, 360650240001090, 360650240001159, 360650240001167, 360650240001089, 360650240001059, 360650241023058, 36065024001160, 360650240001058, 360650240001093, 360650240001024, 360650240001043, 360650240001200, 360650240001079, 360650240001082, 360650240001031, 360650240001087, 360650240001085, 360650240001055, 360650240001096, 360650240001166, 360650240001157, 360650240001174, 360650240001081, 360650240001051, 360650240001146, 360650240001047, 360650240001086, 360650240001078, 360650240001032, 360650240001042, and 360650240001144 according to the 2000 U.S. Census. | 330 | Association | Village | 1,046 | Association | Other |
| 12/11/2012 | Scottsville Free Library | 4200265970 | Scottsville/Monroe | Monroe County | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Wheatland; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 5,149 | Association | Town | 4,775 | Association | Town |
| 4/24/2012 | Middleport Free Library | 5200404076 | Middleport/ Niagara | Nioga | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to “Royalton Hartland Community Library” and to designate the library’s service area to be coterminous with the Royalton Hartland Central School District. | 1,917 | Association | Village | 9,071 | Association | School District |
| 9/11/2012 | Niagara Falls Public Library | 5200404530 | Niagara Falls/Niagara County | Nioga | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than nine. | 55,593 | Public | City | 50,193 | Public | City |
| 9/11/2012 | Norwood Public Library | 5600514690 | Norwood/St. Lawrence | North Country | Provisional | A new special legislative district public library, established in Chapter 533 of the Laws of 2011, to serve the residents of the Norwood Public Library District, which consists of those portions of the Towns of Potsdam and Stockholm which are located in the Norwood-Norfolk Central School District. Succeeds the Norwood Library, an association library. | 2,981 | Association | Other | 2,967 | Public | Special Legislative District |
| 4/24/2012 | Russell Public Library | 5600515760 | Russell/St. Lawrence | North Country | Amendment and Absolute | Provisional charter amended to designate the service area of the library to be coterminous with the Town of Russell; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen with the current number being seven and as amended made absolute. | 1,913 | Public | Town | 1,856 | Public | Town |
| 5/22/2012 | Gorham Free Library | 6400432530 | Gorham/Ontario | Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen, with the current number being five; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 6,507 | Association | Other | 6,968 | Association | Other |
| 10/10/2012 | George C. Bullis Memorial Library | Maybrook/ Orange | Ramapo-Catskill | Provisional Charter | New public library serving the residents of the Village of Maybrook and the number of trustees shall be five. | 2,958 | Public | Village | ||||
| 12/11/2012 | Pine Bush Area Public Library District | 7200445140 | Pine Bush/Ulster | Ramapo-Catskill | Provisional Charter Made Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 13,835 | Public | Special Legislative District | 17,023 | Public | Special Legislative District |
| 7/16/2012 | Fort Edward Free Library | 7600642320 | Fort Edward/ Washington | Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Fort Edward; to change the trustee term length from seven years to three years; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 5,892 | Association | Town | 3,375 | Association | Village |
| 10/10/2012 | Galway Public Library | 7600522500 | Galway/Saratoga | Southern Adirondack | Provisional Charter Made Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 6,754 | Public | School District | 7,029 | Public | School District |
| 9/11/2012 | Angelica Free Library | 7800020230 | Angelica/Allegany | Southern Tier | Amendment | Amended to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 903 | Association | Village | 869 | Association | Village |
| 9/11/2012 | Southeast Steuben County Library | 7800571580 | Corning/Steuben | Southern Tier | Amendment | Extension of provisional charter for five years to September 11, 2017. | 33,938 | Association | Other | 34,748 | Association | Other |
| 12/11/2012 | Arvilla E. Diver Memorial Library | 8400495920 | Schaghticoke/ Rensselaer | Upper Hudson | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Village of Schaghticoke; to remove language that restricts the board of trustees as to number, gender and ex officio appointment of three Christian pastors, consistent with the Order and Decree of Rensselaer County Surrogate Court dated June 19, 2012 (File No. 1939-73), and to set the term limits of the trustees to serve three years; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than eleven with the current number being seven; and to add the Internal Revenue Service dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3). | 676 | Association | Village | 592 | Association | Village |
| 7/16/2012 | Mount Kisco Public Library | 8800664290 | Mount Kisco/ Westchester | Westchester | Amendment | Amended to change the trustee term length from five years to three years. | 9,983 | Public | Village | 10,877 | Public | Village |
Other Charter Actions
| Old (2011) | New (2012) | |||||||||||
| Date | Name | Library ID Code |
Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | Popu. (2000 Census) |
Type | Area | Popu. (2010 Census) |
Type | Area |
| 9/11/2012 | Milton Helpern Library of Legal Medicine | New York/ New York | Dissolution | Dissolution of a medical-legal research library and the distribution of the corporation's assets to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice which was granted an absolute charter on November 17, 1966, subject to judicial approval pursuant section 220 of the Education Law. | ||||||||
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