Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 18, 2014 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 02, 2014 |
amended on third reading 6671a |
Jun 02, 2014 |
restored to third reading substitution reconsidered |
May 20, 2014 |
substituted by a121 |
Mar 11, 2014 |
ordered to third reading cal.279 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 26, 2014 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S6671A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2013-S6671 - Details
2013-S6671 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6671 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to meetings and absences of the board of regents PURPOSE: This bill would require the Board of Regents to give notice of their agenda several days before a scheduled meeting. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section 1 amends section 204 of the Education Law to require the Board of Regents to put their official agenda on the Board's official website 10 days in advance. Such notice of time, place, and agenda shall be distributed via the board's official Internet website and specifically distributed by United States postal to all regents at their usual addresses. An agenda for a regular scheduled meeting of the board shall include a list of all items to be considered, a description of the subject matter of each item and the full text of all items subject to a vote and the same of a person knowledgeable about the agenda and contact information for such person. An agenda shall be put on the Board's official website for a special meeting with at least 3 days advanced notice. A summary of all resolutions, decisions, and other actions taken by the board of regents any committee meeting, task force, council, or other body for any meeting shall be electronically available on the
2013-S6671 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6671 I N S E N A T E February 26, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to meetings and absences 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. 1. (A) The regents may provide for regu- lar 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] OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND ANY COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER BODY THEREOF. NOTICE OF TIME, PLACE AND AGENDA FOR ALL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND ANY COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER SUCH BODY OF THE BOARD SHALL BE PUBLICLY PROVIDED AT LEAST TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF SUCH MEETING. SUCH NOTICE OF TIME, PLACE AND AGENDA SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA THE BOARD'S OFFICIAL INTERNET WEBSITE AND SPECIFICALLY DISTRIBUTED BY UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO ALL REGENTS AT THEIR USUAL ADDRESSES AND, IF A MEETING OF A COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER SUCH BODY OF THE BOARD, BY SUCH MEANS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER SUCH BODY. AN AGENDA FOR A REGULAR PUBLIC MEET- ING OF THE BOARD OR ANY COMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, COUNCIL OR OTHER BODY THEREOF, SHALL BE COMPRISED OF A LIST OF ALL ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED, A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF EACH SUCH ITEM AND THE FULL TEXT OF ALL ITEMS SUBJECT TO A VOTE AND THE NAME OF A PERSON KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE AGENDA AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SUCH PERSON, INCLUDING OFFICE ADDRESS, E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, FROM WHOM INFORMATION EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2013-S6671A (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S6671A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6671A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to meetings and absences of the board of regents PURPOSE: This bill would require the Board of Regents to give notice of their agenda several days before a scheduled meeting. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section 1 amends section 204 of the Education Law to require the Board of Regents to put their official agenda on the Board's official website 7 days in advance. Such notice of time, place, and agenda shall be distributed via the board's official Internet website and specifically distributed by United States postal to all regents at their usual addresses. An agenda for a regular scheduled meeting of the board shall include a list of all items to be considered with a description of the subject matter of such items to be considered at least three days in advance of such meeting; provided, however, in an instance of a health or safety emergency, additional items may be added to the agenda with less than three days notice. The board shall use best efforts in an instance of a health or public safety emergency to make public the agenda prior to the meeting. An agenda for special meetings of the board of regents shall
2013-S6671A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6671--A Cal. No. 279 I N S E N A T E February 26, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FLANAGAN, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, substituted by Assembly Bill No. 121, substitution reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to meetings and absences 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. 1. (A) The regents may provide for regu- lar 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] OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND ANY COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, OR OTHER SUBGROUPS THEREOF. NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE FOR ALL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND ANY COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, OR OTHER SUBGROUPS THEREOF SHALL BE PUBLICLY PROVIDED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE OF SUCH MEETING. SUCH NOTICE OF TIME, PLACE AND AGENDA SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA THE BOARD'S OFFICIAL INTERNET WEBSITE AND SPECIFICALLY DISTRIBUTED BY UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO ALL REGENTS AT THEIR USUAL ADDRESSES AND, IF A MEETING OF A COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, OR OTHER SUBGROUPS THEREOF, BY SUCH MEANS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, TASK FORCE, OR OTHER SUBGROUPS THEREOF. AN AGENDA FOR A REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BOARD SHALL BE COMPRISED OF A LIST OF ALL ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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