Senate Bill S7224

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to meetings and absences of the board of regents

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • 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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2011-S7224 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8314
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6671, A121
2015-2016: S2146, S6503, A2921

2011-S7224 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to meetings and absences of the board of regents.

2011-S7224 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7224 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7224

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 2, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to meetings and  absences
  of the board of regents

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

  Section 1. Section 204 of the education law  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 204. Meetings and absences. 1. (A) The regents may provide for regu-
lar  meetings[, and the chancellor, or the commissioner of education, or
any five regents, may at any time call a special meeting of the board of
regents and fix the time and place therefor;  and  at  least  ten  days'
notice  of  every  meeting  shall be mailed to the usual address of each
regent.  If any regent shall fail to attend three consecutive  meetings,
without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
to  have  resigned  and the regents shall then report the vacancy to the
legislature, which shall fill it]  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  REGENTS  AND  ANY
COMMITTEE,  TASK  FORCE,  COUNCIL OR OTHER BODY THEREOF. NOTICE OF TIME,
PLACE AND AGENDA FOR ALL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS
AND ANY COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER SUCH BODY OF  THE  BOARD
SHALL BE PUBLICLY PROVIDED AT LEAST TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF SUCH MEETING.
SUCH  NOTICE  OF  TIME,  PLACE  AND  AGENDA SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA THE
BOARD'S OFFICIAL INTERNET WEBSITE AND SPECIFICALLY DISTRIBUTED BY UNITED
STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO ALL REGENTS AT THEIR USUAL ADDRESSES AND, IF  A
MEETING  OF  A  COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER SUCH BODY OF THE
BOARD, BY SUCH MEANS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  THE  UNITED  STATES
POSTAL SERVICE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMITTEE, TASK
FORCE,  COUNCIL OR OTHER SUCH BODY. AN AGENDA FOR A REGULAR PUBLIC MEET-
ING OF THE BOARD OR ANY COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE,  COUNCIL  OR  OTHER  BODY
THEREOF,  SHALL  BE COMPRISED OF A LIST OF ALL ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED, A
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF EACH SUCH ITEM AND THE FULL TEXT OF
ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO A VOTE AND THE NAME OF A PERSON KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
THE AGENDA AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR  SUCH  PERSON,  INCLUDING  OFFICE
ADDRESS,  E-MAIL  ADDRESS,  AND  TELEPHONE NUMBER, FROM WHOM INFORMATION

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

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