A223A-2011 Actions

• Feb 8, 2012: print number 223a
• Feb 8, 2012: amend and recommit to higher education
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to higher education
• Jan 5, 2011: referred to higher education

A223A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 223--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High
 er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the state
 university and city university
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 268 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

 1.  The  state  university shall be governed, and all of its corporate
 powers exercised, by a board of trustees. Such board  shall  consist  of
 eighteen  members,  fifteen  of  whom shall be appointed by the governor
 with the advice and consent of the senate, one  of  whom  shall  be  the
 president  of  the  student assembly of the state university, ex-officio
 and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the university faculty
 senate, ex-officio and non-voting; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH MEMBER,  EXCEPT
 THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR ANY
 CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE, SHALL BE THE EMPLOYEE  OF,  OR  UNDER
 THE SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR, and one of whom shall be the president
 of the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio and non-voting.
 Such  ex-officio  members  shall  be  subject  to every provision of any
 general, special, or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule, or regu
 lation applying to the voting members of such board with respect to  the
 discharge  of  their  duties,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  those
 provisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure  requirements,  and
 prohibiting  business  and  professional  activities.  One member of the
 board shall be designated by the governor  as  chairperson  and  one  as
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01233-03-1
 
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 vice-chairperson. Of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed
 for  a  term  which  shall  expire  on  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 fifty-two; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred  fifty-three;  two for a term which shall expire on June thirti
 eth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one for a term which shall  expire  on
 June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term which shall
 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six;  one  for  a  term
 which  shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-seven; two
 for a term which  shall  expire  on  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
 fifty-eight;  one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nine
 teen hundred fifty-nine; two for a term which shall expire on June thir
 tieth, nineteen hundred sixty; and one for a term which shall expire  on
 June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred sixty-one. Vacancies shall be filled
 for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.  The
 term  of office of each trustee appointed on or after April first, nine
 teen hundred eighty-six shall  be  seven  years,  except  those  of  the
 student  member  and  the  faculty  members.  Trustees  shall receive no
 compensation for their  services  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their
 expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of
 their duties under this article.
 

S  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  2 of section 6204 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 305 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read  as
 follows:

 (a)  The board of trustees shall consist of seventeen trustees. Ten of
 the trustees shall be appointed by the  governor  with  the  advice  and
 consent of the senate; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH TRUSTEE, EXCEPT ANY CLASSI
 FIED  CIVIL  SERVICE  EMPLOYEE,  SHALL  BE  AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR UNDER THE
 SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR.  Five of the trustees shall  be  appointed
 by  the mayor of the city of New York with the advice and consent of the
 senate; PROVIDED THAT NO  SUCH  TRUSTEE,  EXCEPT  ANY  CLASSIFIED  CIVIL
 SERVICE  EMPLOYEE  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR
 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.  One ex-of
 ficio trustee shall be the chairperson of the university student senate.
 One ex-officio non-voting  trustee  shall  be  the  chairperson  of  the
 university faculty senate.
 

S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to board
 members of the state university of New York and  trustees  of  the  city
 university of New York appointed on or after such effective date.

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