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                                   7967
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to establish the higher education task force on the viability of
   SUNY Polytechnic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Higher education task force on the state university of New
 York polytechnic institute (SUNY  Polytechnic)  and  its  viability.  1.
 There  is  hereby  established  a  task  force to be known as the higher
 education task force on the viability of SUNY Polytechnic.
   2. This task force is hereby created to recommend to the  legislature,
 governor,  and  the  state university of New York trustees strategies on
 remaining cutting edge within the  industry,  funding  and  creation  of
 public-private  partnerships,  economic  development, organizational and
 leadership needs, as well as the fusion between academia and industry.
   3. The task force shall consist of nine members, of which:
   a. Five members shall be appointed by the governor, of which one shall
 be the chief  executive  officer  of  SUNY  Polytechnic,  one  shall  be
 appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  one shall be
 appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one shall be appointed by  the
 minority leader of the senate and one shall be appointed by the minority
 leader of the assembly.
   b.  Of  the  nine  members appointed, at least four members shall have
 significant experience and have demonstrated leadership in  the  private
 sector,  including,  but  not  limited to, experience in high technology
 and/or nanotechnology and venture capital.
   c. At least two members shall have significant experience in  academia
 and  research,  including  teaching  and  researching  in  the following
 fields:  nanoscience, nanobioscience, nanoengineering or nanoeconomics.
   d. At least one member shall have significant experience  and  leader-
 ship in government, particularly in the area of economic development.

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

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   e.  The  remaining  two  members  shall have experience in the private
 sector, academia, or government, provided that both  members  shall  not
 have experience in the same sector.
   f.  The  chair  of  the  board shall be appointed by the governor from
 among the private sector members, upon the advice  and  consent  of  the
 senate.
   g.  All  other  officers of the task force shall be elected from among
 its members by a majority vote of the task force's voting members.
   4. A majority of the members of the  task  force  shall  constitute  a
 quorum,  and  all  recommendations,  including those in the final report
 issued by the task force, shall require approval of  two-thirds  of  the
 total members of the task force.
   5.  The task force shall meet no less than two times a month either in
 person or through electronic means. The task force must meet  in  person
 once every three months.
   6.  The  task  force shall make recommendations on, but not be limited
 to:
   a. SUNY Polytechnic's fulfillment of its public purposes to furthering
 job creation and economic growth and advances in the field of  nanotech-
 nology;
   b. facilitating the commercialization of nanoscientific innovations in
 the state; and
   c.  developing  a  strategic  plan  for the implementation of programs
 aimed at:
   (i) working with SUNY Polytechnic to further  encourage  cutting  edge
 academic research in the field of nanotechnology;
   (ii)  facilitating  job  growth and business expansion in the field of
 nanotechnology; and
   (iii) managing and supporting the development  of  partnerships  among
 academia,  government and industry to further advance the field of nano-
 technology in the state and its various regions.
   7. The task force shall issue a report to  the  governor,  legislature
 and  state university of New York trustees no later than eighteen months
 after the final appointment is made to the task force. The report  shall
 consist of findings and recommendations required pursuant to subdivision
 6 of this section.
   8.  Members  of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
 services, but  shall  be  allowed  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses
 incurred in the performance of their functions hereunder. All members of
 the task force shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and vacancies
 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
   9.  Every agency, department, office, division and public authority of
 this state shall cooperate with the task force and furnish such informa-
 tion and assistance as the task force determines is reasonably necessary
 to accomplish its purpose.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.