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Senate Bill S4369

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the siting of the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for nonviolence at Medgar Evers college

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2019-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5823
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§323 & 322, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1798
2011-2012: S3984
2013-2014: S2823, S6273
2015-2016: S1887, A5310
2017-2018: S3255, A1694
2021-2022: S4386
2023-2024: S5151
2025-2026: S4016

2019-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the siting of the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for nonviolence at Medgar Evers college.

2019-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4369
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the siting of the  New
   York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for nonviolence at Medgar
   Evers college

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 323 of the executive law, as added
 by chapter 513 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   4. To establish such divisions, programs, schools, and offices as  the
 board  deems  appropriate  to  carry  out  the purposes of this article;
 PROVIDED THAT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES AND PROGRAMS OF THE INSTITUTE  SHALL
 BE  LOCATED  AT  MEDGAR  EVERS COLLEGE WITHIN THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK;
   § 2. The opening paragraph of  subdivision  1  and  subdivision  7  of
 section 322 of the executive law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of
 1988, are amended to read as follows:
   There  is  hereby  created  the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr.
 institute for nonviolence.  The institute shall be a public  corporation
 and  its  membership  shall  consist of thirteen members as follows: the
 chancellor of the [state] CITY university of New York, the  commissioner
 of  education  of the state of New York, the chairperson of the New York
 state Martin  Luther  King,  Jr.  commission,  and  ten  members  to  be
 appointed by the governor. Of the members appointed by the governor, one
 shall be a member of the New York state senate appointed by the governor
 on  the  recommendation of the majority leader, one shall be a member of
 the New York state senate appointed by the governor on  the  recommenda-
 tion of the minority leader, one shall be a member of the New York state
 assembly  appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the speaker
 of the assembly, one shall be a member of the New  York  state  assembly
 appointed  by the governor on the recommendation of the minority leader;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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