Senate Bill S1656

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the membership of the board of trustees of the state university of New York from seventeen to eighteen members

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A4422 - On Floor Calendar

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4422
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2410, A2718

2009-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the membership of the board of trustees of the state university of New York from seventeen to eighteen members; new member to be the president of the faculty council of community colleges.

2009-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 1656                                                  A. 4422

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DIAZ, LITTLE, MORAHAN, ONORA-
  TO, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Higher Education

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M.  of  A. CANESTRARI -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the membership of  the
  board of trustees of the state university of New York

  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  127  of  the  laws  of 2006, 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
[seventeen] 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-offi-
cio and voting, [and] one of whom shall be the president of the  univer-
sity faculty senate, ex-officio and non-voting, 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 regulation applying to the voting members of  such  board
with respect to the discharge of their duties, including, but not limit-
ed  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 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,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02514-01-9

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