Assembly Bill A4257

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires institutions of the state and city university to disclose information on textbooks to stores selling textbooks in a timely manner

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  • 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-A4257 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §716, Ed L; amd §2, Chap 219 of 2003
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3280
2013-2014: A4751
2015-2016: A6312

2011-A4257 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires institution, faculty and staff of state and city universities to provide all textbook retailers, upon request, with information on textbooks to be used in courses of study when any one retailer is provided with such information.

2011-A4257 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4257

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  all  insti-
  tutions, faculty and staff of the state university and city university
  which  provide a store selling textbooks information on required text-
  book and course materials to be used in courses of  study  to  provide
  the  same  information  to  any  other  store  selling textbooks which
  requests it; and to amend chapter 219 of the laws of 2003 amending the
  education law relating to publishers or manufacturers providing print-
  ed instructional materials for college students with disabilities,  in
  relation   to   eliminating  the  expiration  and  repeal  of  certain
  provisions thereof

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 716 to
read as follows:
  S 716. INFORMATION RELATING TO TEXTBOOKS.  ANY INSTITUTION, FACULTY OR
STAFF  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK WHICH PROVIDES ANY INFORMATION  CONCERNING  REQUIRED  AND  OPTIONAL
TEXTBOOKS,  REQUIRED  ACADEMIC  LEARNING  MATERIALS,  OR REQUIRED CUSTOM
PUBLICATIONS TO ANY STORE SELLING TEXTBOOKS SHALL, UPON REQUEST AND IN A
TIMELY MANNER, MAKE AVAILABLE THE SAME INFORMATION TO  ANY  OTHER  STORE
SELLING TEXTBOOKS.
  S  2. Section 2 of chapter 219 of the laws of 2003 amending the educa-
tion law relating  to  publishers  or  manufacturers  providing  printed
instructional  materials  for  college  students  with  disabilities, as
amended by chapter 194 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 2. This act shall take effect August 15, 2004 and SECTION 715 OF THE
EDUCATION  LAW, AS ADDED BY SECTION ONE OF THIS ACT, shall expire and be
deemed repealed 9 years after such effective date.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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