Assembly Bill A243

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates commissions to interview and recommend trustee candidates to the state university, CUNY and the community colleges

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2019-A243 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Ed L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A565
2011-2012: A159
2013-2014: A1669
2015-2016: A1271
2017-2018: A118
2021-2022: A8652

2019-A243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates independent commissions to interview and recommend trustee candidates to the state university, CUNY and the community colleges.

2019-A243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    243
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPARDO,
   PERRY,  WEPRIN  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Higher
   Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the  state
   university  of  New  York,  city university of New York, and community
   colleges
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 350 of the education law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 14 and 15 to read as follows:
   14. "COMMISSION" MEANS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK'S  INDEPENDENT
 COMMISSION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEE'S NOMINATIONS.
   15.  "CANDIDATE"  MEANS A PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED THAT THE COMMISSION
 CONSIDER HIS OR HER QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE ON THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF
 NEW  YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES; OR (A) WHO HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR CONSID-
 ERATION BY THE COMMISSION BY ANOTHER PERSON, INCLUDING  A  COMMUNITY  OR
 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION; OR (B) WHO HAS AGREED TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE
 COMMISSION AT THE COMMISSION'S REQUEST.
   §  2.  The education law is amended by adding four new sections 352-b,
 352-c, 352-d and 352-e to read as follows:
   § 352-B. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSION. 1. A STATE UNIVERSITY OF  NEW
 YORK  INDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON BOARD OF TRUSTEES' NOMINATIONS IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST  OF  ELEVEN  MEMBERS  OF  WHOM
 THREE  SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THREE EACH, BY THE SPEAKER
 OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND ONE  EACH
 BY  THE  CHAIR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FACULTY SENATE AND BY
 THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW
 YORK.  OF  THE THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, NO MORE THAN TWO
 SHALL BE ENROLLED IN THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY AND TWO  OF  SUCH  MEMBERS
 SHALL  BE  GRADUATES  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.  NO MEMBER OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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