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| Jan 19, 2010 | referred to higher education |
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Ellen C. Jaffee
Nelson Castro
Earlene Hooper
Timothy P. Gordon
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Vivian Cook
David Koon
Barbara Lifton
Alan Maisel
A9564 (ACTIVE) - Details
A9564 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A9564 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the unlawful sale of dissertations, theses and term papers PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To extend the current prohibition against the sale of dissertations and term papers to papers provided through electronic media such as the Internet. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends Section 2I3-b of the Education Law to add the phrase" either written or provided through electronic media" to prohibition against the sale or purchase of dissertations, theses, term papers, essays, reports or other educational assignments. EXISTING LAW: Extends the prohibition against the sale or purchase of term papers and theses to documents provided for sale or purchase through electronic media such as the Internet. Students would still be able to access research information through this media but sale or purchase of a term paper, thesis or dissertation would constitute a violation punishable, as in current law, by a fine of up to $1,000. JUSTIFICATION:; Current New York State law bans the sale or purchase of dissertations and term papers but does not specifically indicate that papers obtained over the Internet or other electronic media would also be covered under the ban. This legislation would remove this ambiguity and would assure that students or others providing such
A9564 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9564
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the unlawful sale of
dissertations, theses and term papers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 213-b of the education law, as
added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
1. No person shall, for financial consideration, or the promise of
financial consideration, prepare, offer to prepare, cause to be
prepared, sell or offer for sale to any person any [written] material
EITHER WRITTEN OR PROVIDED THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDIA which the seller
knows, is informed or has reason to believe is intended for submission
as a dissertation, thesis, term paper, essay, report or other [written]
assignment by a student in a university, college, academy, school or
other educational institution to such institution or to a course, semi-
nar or degree program held by such institution.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06938-01-9