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Senate Bill S6948

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to changing the amount of members the commission consists of, the deadline for when the commission should submit reports of its findings, and extending the repeal date

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2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8946
Law Section:
Commissions
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2, 4, 5, 6 & 7, Chap of 2019 (as proposed in S.3204 & A.7667)

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to changing the amount of members the African-American History Commission consists of, extends the deadline for when the commission should submit reports of its findings, and extends the repeal date for when the commission shall cease to exist.

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6948
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019 establishing the 400 Years
   of African-American History Commission, in relation to the  amount  of
   members  of such commission, the deadline such commission shall submit
   reports of its findings and to the effectiveness thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Sections 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of a chapter of the laws of 2019
 establishing the 400 Years of African-American  History  Commission,  as
 proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S. 3204 and A. 7667, are amended
 to read as follows:
   § 2. (a) The commission shall consist of [thirteen]  FIFTEEN  members,
 including  the  secretary  of state, or his or her designee, the commis-
 sioner of education, or his  or  her  designee,  [three]  SEVEN  members
 appointed  by  the governor, [three] TWO members appointed by the tempo-
 rary president of the senate,  [three]  TWO  members  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the  assembly,  one member appointed by the senate minority
 leader, and one  member  appointed  by  the  assembly  minority  leader.
 Appointed  members  shall  include  but not be limited to historians and
 those with a background in African-American history, arts,  or  culture.
 Such  appointments  shall  be  made within [30] 90 days of the effective
 date of this act.
   (b) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner  in
 which the original appointment was made.
   (c) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but
 shall  be  entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses incurred
 in the performance of their duties.
   (d) The secretary of state, or his or her designee, shall serve as the
 chair and shall appoint the vice-chair of the commission.  The  presence
 of  a  majority  of the authorized membership of the commission shall be
 required for the conduct of official business.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S                                                          LBD06194-02-9

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