Senate Bill S7259

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university 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
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S7259 - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7648
2019-2020: S3549
2021-2022: S4219

2017-S7259 - Summary

Clarifies that the SUNY health science centers are included in the maintenance of effort provision pursuant to chapter 260 of the laws of 2011.

2017-S7259 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7259 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7259
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  state  appropriations
   to  the  state  university  of New York and the city university of New
   York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Clause (v) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision
 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section 1  of  part
 JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (v)  Beginning  in state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two thou-
 sand eighteen [and ending in state fiscal year two thousand  twenty--two
 thousand  twenty-one]  AND  THEREAFTER,  the state shall appropriate and
 make available general fund operating support[,  including]  AND  fringe
 benefits,  for  the  state  university  AND  THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH
 SCIENCE CENTERS in an amount not less than the  [amount]  AMOUNTS  SEPA-
 RATELY  appropriated  and made available in the prior state fiscal year;
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE GENER-
 AL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT TO COVER ALL  MANDATORY  COSTS  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS, WHICH SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING  COSTS  INCLUDING
 SALARY INCREMENTS, FRINGE BENEFITS, AND OTHER NON-PERSONAL SERVICE COSTS
 SUCH  AS UTILITY COSTS, BUILDING RENTALS AND OTHER INFLATIONARY EXPENSES
 INCURRED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE
 CENTERS, AND ANY INCREASE IN THE TUITION CREDIT PURSUANT TO SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-NINE-A OF THIS TITLE AS TUITION INCREASES ARE ENACTED BY
 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY; provided,  however,  that
 if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such emer-
 gency to the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assem-
 bly,  state  support  for operating expenses at the state university and
 city university may be reduced in a manner proportionate to one another,
 and the aforementioned provisions shall not apply; provided further, the
 state shall appropriate and make available general fund support to fully
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-S7259A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7648
2019-2020: S3549
2021-2022: S4219

2017-S7259A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies that the SUNY health science centers are included in the maintenance of effort provision pursuant to chapter 260 of the laws of 2011.

2017-S7259A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7259A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7259--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
   on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  state  appropriations
   to  the  state  university  of New York and the city university of New
   York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Clauses  (v) and (vi) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of
 subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section
 1 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read  as
 follows:
   (v)  Beginning  in state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two thou-
 sand eighteen and ending in state  fiscal  year  two  thousand  [twenty]
 EIGHTEEN--two  thousand [twenty-one] NINETEEN, the state shall appropri-
 ate and make available general fund operating support, including  fringe
 benefits, for the state university in an amount not less than the amount
 appropriated  and  made  available  in  the  prior  state  fiscal  year;
 provided, however, that if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and
 communicates such emergency to the temporary president of the senate and
 speaker of the assembly, state support for  operating  expenses  at  the
 state  university and city university may be reduced in a manner propor-
 tionate to one another, and  the  aforementioned  provisions  shall  not
 apply;  provided further, the state shall appropriate and make available
 general fund support to fully fund the tuition credit pursuant to subdi-
 vision two of section six hundred sixty-nine-h of this title.
   (vi) BEGINNING IN STATE FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN--TWO  THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY AND THEREAFTER, THE STATE SHALL APPROPRIATE AND MAKE AVAIL-
 ABLE GENERAL FUND OPERATING SUPPORT AND FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY  AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTERS IN AN AMOUNT
 NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SEPARATELY APPROPRIATED AND MADE AVAILABLE  IN
 THE  PRIOR  STATE FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THE STATE SHALL APPRO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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