Senate Bill S6856

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the board of regents to hold some meetings outside of the city of New York

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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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2013-S6856 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9547
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง204, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1796, A1024
2017-2018: S1434, A225
2019-2020: A3512
2021-2022: A66
2023-2024: A731

2013-S6856 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of regents to hold some meetings outside of the city of New York.

2013-S6856 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6856 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6856

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 20, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to meetings of the  board
  of regents

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

  Section 1. Section 204 of the education law  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 204. Meetings  and  absences.  The  regents  may provide for regular
meetings, and the chancellor, or the commissioner of education,  or  any
five  regents,  may  at  any time call a special meeting of the board of
regents and fix the time and place therefor;  and  at  least  ten  days'
notice  of  every  meeting  shall be mailed to the usual address of each
regent. If any regent shall fail to attend three  consecutive  meetings,
without excuse accepted as satisfactory by the regents, he may be deemed
to  have  resigned  and the regents shall then report the vacancy to the
legislature, which shall fill it. THE REGENTS SHALL HOLD  AT  LEAST  ONE
MEETING  IN  EACH CALENDAR YEAR IN EACH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OUTSIDE OF NEW
YORK CITY AND AT LEAST ONE MEETING IN EACH CALENDAR  YEAR  IN  NEW  YORK
CITY.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is author-
ized to be made on or before such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14401-01-4


              

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