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                              June 6, 2012
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Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
  Parks and Recreation

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

  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 amended by chapter 49 of the
laws of 2012, 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]  TWELVE  voting members and 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 Musicians
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, seven non-voting members shall serve ex-offi-
cio: the secretary of state, the commissioners of the office  of  parks,
recreation   and   historic  preservation,  environmental  conservation,
economic development and education, ONE MEMBER FROM THE CONGREGATION  OF
THE  MICHIGAN  STREET BAPTIST CHURCH OR THEIR DESIGNEE AND the president
of the city of Buffalo's  convention  and  visitor's  bureau,  or  their

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

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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 commission shall elect officers.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect on the same  date  and  in  the  same
manner as chapter 49 of the laws of 2012, amending the parks, recreation
and  historic  preservation  law  relating to membership of the Michigan
Street African American  Heritage  Corridor  commission;  and  provided,
further,  that  the amendments to section 41.05 of the parks, recreation
and historic preservation law made by section one of this act shall  not
affect  the  repeal  of such section and shall be deemed repealed there-
with.