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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 6, 2012
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Peoples-
  Stokes) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism,  Parks,
  Arts and Sports Development

AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
  relation to the membership of the  Michigan  Street  African  American
  Heritage Corridor commission

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 41.05 of the parks, recre-
ation and historic preservation law, as amended by  chapter  49  of  the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  The  commission is hereby established as a not-for-profit corporation.
The commission shall be governed by the not-for-profit  corporation  law
except  where  such  law  conflicts with this article, in which case the
provisions of this article shall govern. The commission shall consist of
up to [eleven] TWELVE voting members  and  seven  non-voting  ex-officio
members.  One member each shall be appointed by the governor, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, and the speaker  of  the  assembly.  Other
members  shall  include  the mayor of the city of Buffalo, or his or her
designee, a representative of museum studies at the state university  of
New  York  College  at Buffalo, two representatives of the department of
Afro-American studies at the state university of New York at Buffalo,  a
representative  from  the  Monroe Fordham regional history center at the
state university of New York College at Buffalo,  and  a  representative
from  each board governing the J. Edward Nash House, THE MICHIGAN STREET
BAPTIST CHURCH, the Langston Hughes Institute, and the Colored Musicians
Club. All appointments shall be residents of the city  of  Buffalo,  but
the  commission  has  the  authority  to  waive  this requirement at its
discretion. In addition, seven non-voting members shall  serve  ex-offi-
cio:  the  secretary of state, the commissioners of the office of parks,
recreation  and  historic  preservation,   environmental   conservation,
economic  development and education, ONE MEMBER FROM THE CONGREGATION OF
THE MICHIGAN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH OR THEIR DESIGNEE AND  the  president
of  the  city  of  Buffalo's  convention  and visitor's bureau, or their

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

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designees[, and a representative of the Michigan Street Baptist Church].
Appointments to the commission shall be filed with the commissioner  who
shall  convene  the first meeting of the commission following the filing
of  a  majority of the appointments. At the initial meeting, the members
of the commission shall elect officers.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect on the same  date  and  in  the  same
manner as chapter 49 of the laws of 2012, amending the parks, recreation
and  historic  preservation  law  relating to membership of the Michigan
Street African American  Heritage  Corridor  commission;  and  provided,
further,  that  the amendments to section 41.05 of the parks, recreation
and historic preservation law made by section one of this act shall  not
affect  the  repeal  of such section and shall be deemed repealed there-
with.