Assembly Bill A8297

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Mandates attendance by members appointed by the governor at meetings of councils of state-operated institutions

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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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2017-A8297 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2212
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §356, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1445
2011-2012: S1809
2013-2014: A6819, S1555
2015-2016: A5950, S229

2017-A8297 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Mandates attendance by members appointed by the governor at meetings of councils of state-operated institutions.

2017-A8297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8297
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to meetings  of  councils
   of state-operated institutions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 356 of the education law, as amended by chapter 552
 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 356. Councils of state-operated institutions; powers and duties.  1.
 Subject  to  the  general  management, supervision and control of and in
 accordance with rules established by the state university trustees,  the
 operations  and  affairs of each state-operated institution of the state
 university shall be supervised locally by a council  consisting  of  ten
 members, nine of whom shall be appointed by the governor and one of whom
 shall be elected by and from among the students of the institution. Such
 voting  members  shall  be  subject  to  every provision of any general,
 special or local law,  ordinance,  charter,  code,  rule  or  regulation
 applying  to  the  voting  members  of  such  board  with respect to the
 discharge  of  their  duties  including,  but  not  limited  to,   those
 provisions  setting  forth  codes of ethics, disclosure requirements and
 prohibiting business and professional activities. The  election  of  the
 student  member  shall  be  conducted in accordance with rules and regu-
 lations promulgated by  the  respective  representative  campus  student
 association  in  accordance  with  guidelines  established  by the state
 university trustees. One member shall be designated by the  governor  as
 chairman. Where an undergraduate state-operated institution of the state
 university  is  located adjacent to another institution of higher educa-
 tion and students of such undergraduate state-operated institution  are,
 under  arrangements  made  by the state university, taking a substantial
 portion of their courses at such other  institution,  the  president  or
 other  head  of  such other institution shall be an ex-officio member of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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