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Assembly Bill A223A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY

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2011-A223 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1217
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§353 & 6204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1249, S1736
2013-2014: S638
2015-2016: S3190

2011-A223 - Summary

Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY; prohibits trustees from being employees of the appointing authority.

2011-A223 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   223

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the  state
  university and city university

  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 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-officio
and  voting;  PROVIDED  THAT NO SUCH MEMBER, EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT OF THE
STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR ANY CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYEE, SHALL BE THE EMPLOYEE OF, OR UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION  OF,  THE
GOVERNOR,  and  one  of  whom  shall  be the president of the university
faculty senate, 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 limited to, those provisions setting forth codes of
ethics, disclosure requirements, and prohibiting  business  and  profes-
sional  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, nineteen hundred fifty-three; two for  a  term
which  shall  expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one

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

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2011-A223A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1217
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§353 & 6204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1249, S1736
2013-2014: S638
2015-2016: S3190

2011-A223A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY; prohibits trustees from being employees of the appointing authority.

2011-A223A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 223--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High-
  er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the state
  university and city university

  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 268 of the laws  of  2011,  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
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-officio
and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the university faculty
senate, ex-officio and non-voting; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH MEMBER,  EXCEPT
THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OR ANY
CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE, SHALL BE THE EMPLOYEE  OF,  OR  UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR, 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 regu-
lation applying to the voting members of such board with respect to  the
discharge  of  their  duties,  including,  but  not  limited  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

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

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