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                                 8826--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
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Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development  --  reported
  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

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; in relation to extending  draft  manage-
  ment  plan  submission  dates; and to amend chapter 595 of the laws of
  2007 amending the parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation  law
  relating to establishing the Michigan Street African American Heritage
  Corridor commission in Buffalo, in relation to the effectiveness ther-
  eof

  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 added by chapter 595 of the laws
of 2007, 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  voting  members  and  [six]  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  Musi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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cians  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,  [six]  SEVEN  non-voting MEMBERS shall serve
ex-officio:  the  secretary of state, the commissioners of the office of
parks, recreation and historic preservation, environmental conservation,
economic development and education, [and] the president of the  city  of
Buffalo's  convention  and  visitor's  bureau, or their 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 commis-
sion shall elect officers.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section  41.09  of  the  parks,  recreation  and
historic  preservation  law,  as  amended  by chapter 438 of the laws of
2011, is amended to read as follows:
  2. The draft management plan shall be submitted  to  the  commissioner
for  approval by [December thirty-first, two thousand eleven] JULY THIR-
TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN. Prior to submitting  the  plan  to  the
commissioner, the legislative representative body of the city of Buffalo
must  approve  the plan. The legislative body of the city of Buffalo, at
its discretion and in the interest  of  expediting  the  local  approval
process,  shall  hold  two  public meetings at any time during the local
approval process. The commissioner may approve the plan, may return  the
plan  to the commission with recommendations for approval, or may reject
the plan. A copy of the approved plan shall be provided to the governor,
the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
  S 3. Section 3 of chapter 595 of the laws of 2007, amending the parks,
recreation and historic preservation law relating  to  establishing  the
Michigan   Street  African  American  Heritage  Corridor  commission  in
Buffalo, is amended to read as follows:
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two
of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed [April 30, 2012]  DECEM-
BER 31, 2013.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect  on  and  after  December  31,  2011;
provided  that  the amendments to the opening paragraph of section 41.05
of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law made  by  section
one  of  this  act  and  to subdivision 2 of section 41.09 of the parks,
recreation and historic preservation law made by section two of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such article and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.