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                                   1151
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force on ensuring black people
   have an equitable position  in  education,  economic  development  and
   other fields and disciplines

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. There is hereby established a task force on  the  issues
 facing  black  people  since the end of slavery in the United States and
 holistic solutions to ensure that black people have an  equitable  posi-
 tion  in  education,  economic  development  and other fields and disci-
 plines.
   2. (a) The task force shall be composed of nine members who  shall  be
 appointed  within  90  days  after  the  effective  date of this act, as
 follows:
   (i) three members shall be appointed by the governor;
   (ii) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (iii) two members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the
 senate;
   (iv) one member shall be appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the
 assembly; and
   (v)  one  member  shall  be  appointed  by  the minority leader of the
 senate.
   (b) All members of the task force shall be persons who are  especially
 qualified  to  serve  on  the  task  force by virtue of their education,
 training, or experience, particularly in the field  of  African-American
 studies.
   (c) The task force shall elect a chairperson from among its members.
   (d)  The  members  of the task force shall receive no compensation for
 their services as members, but shall be reimbursed for their actual  and
 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04794-01-3
              

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   3.  (a)  The  task  force  may,  for  the  purpose of carrying out the
 provisions of this act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times
 and at such places in the United States, as  the  task  force  considers
 appropriate.
   (b)  The  task force mission may acquire directly from the head of any
 department, agency, or instrumentality of the state, available  informa-
 tion  which  the  task  force  considers  useful in the discharge of its
 duties. All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities  of  the  state
 shall cooperate with the task force with respect to such information and
 shall  furnish all information requested by the task force to the extent
 permitted by law.
   4. The task force shall submit a written report of  its  findings  and
 recommendations to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
 the  assembly,  the  minority leaders of the senate and the assembly and
 the governor not later than the first of January second  succeeding  the
 effective date of this act.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.