§ 1501-B — Additional power of boards of education

§ 1501-b. Additional power of boards of education. 1. The board of\neducation of any school district is hereby authorized and empowered to\nrent or lease for such consideration as may be determined by such board,\na motor vehicle or vehicles owned by the respective school district\nduring any time when such vehicle or vehicles are not needed for the\ntransportation of such children, which are otherwise used for the\ntransportation of the school children of such district to:\n (a) any senior citizens center or organization that is recognized and\nfunded by the office for the aging;\n (b) any non-profit incorporated organization serving senior citizens;\n (c) any non-profit incorporated organization serving the physically or\nmentally handicapped;\n (d) any not-for-profit organization that provides recreation, youth\nservices, or the operation of playgrounds or neighborhood recreation\ncenters;\n (e) any municipal corporation, as defined in the general construction\nlaw;\n (f) any not-for-profit organization providing transportation services\nin rural counties as defined in section seventy-three-c of the\ntransportation law for children participating in the agricultural child\ncare program authorized by the agriculture and markets law; and\n (g) an operator of a coordinated public transportation service, as\ndefined by section seventy-three-c of the transportation law, for the\npurpose of providing a portion of a coordinated public transportation\nservice plan as authorized by article two-F of the transportation law.\n (h) any not-for-profit organization, community based organization, or\neducational or employment and training agency which provides education\nor employment and training services for youths and adults in a rural\ncounty, as defined by section seventy-three-c of the transportation law.\n (i) any fire company as defined in subdivision two of section three of\nthe volunteer firefighters' benefit law, or an ambulance company as\ndefined in subdivision two of section three of the volunteer ambulance\nworkers' benefit law.\n 2. In the event a school district is wholly or partially located in a\ncounty which has appointed a services coordinator as defined in section\nseventy-three-c of the transportation law, the board of education of\nsuch school district is authorized and empowered to contract, for such\nconsideration as it shall determine, to store, maintain and repair any\nmotor vehicle of and provide driver training for the operator of any\nmotor vehicle used to provide a portion of a coordinated public\ntransportation service as authorized by article two-F of the\ntransportation law and owned by any municipal corporation as defined by\nthe general construction law or any not-for-profit incorporated\norganization providing a portion of a coordinated public transportation\nservices plan as authorized by article two-F of the transportation law.\nThe board of education of such school district shall not enter into such\ncontract until it is determined that it presently has the capability and\nfacilities necessary for provision of such services and that provision\nof such services will not adversely affect the ability of the district\nto provide educational services to the children of such school district.\n 3. The board of education of any school district is also authorized\nand empowered to contract with an operator of a coordinated public\ntransportation service for the purpose of providing any other portion of\na coordinated public transportation services plan as authorized by\narticle two-F of the transportation law, provided that such board of\neducation of such school district has determined that it presently has\nthe capability and facilities necessary for provision of such services\nand that provision of such services will not adversely affect the\nability of the district to provide educational services to the school\nchildren of such district.\n 4. In any case where such motor vehicle is leased pursuant to\nsubdivision one of this section or where any services are contracted for\npursuant to subdivision two or three of this section, the consideration\nto be received for such lease or contract shall not be less than the\nfull amount of the costs and expenses resulting from such lease or\ncontract.\n (a) For the purposes of this section, the full amount of the costs and\nexpenses resulting from any lease of any vehicle pursuant to subdivision\none of this section shall include but not be limited to the costs of\noperation, maintenance and repair of such vehicle, the current fair\nmarket value of the purchase price of the vehicle annualized for the\nvehicle's remaining useful life, the cost of public liability and\nproperty damage insurance, fire insurance and compensation insurance of\ndrivers and the cost of collision insurance in the amount of the value\nof the vehicle to protect the lessor.\n (b) For the purposes of this section, the full amount of the costs and\nexpenses resulting from any contract for services pursuant to\nsubdivision two or three of this section shall include but not be\nlimited to that portion of the costs of any employees, equipment or\nfacilities which can be attributed to the provision of such services.\n