Assembly Bill A7863

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission in Buffalo

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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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2019-A7863 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6015
Law Section:
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §41.05, Pks & Rec L; amd §3, Chap 595 of 2007

2019-A7863 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decreases the amount of voting members of the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission in Buffalo; and extends provisions relating thereto.

2019-A7863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7863
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
   relation  to  the  membership  of the Michigan Street African American
   Heritage Corridor commission; and to amend chapter 595 of the laws  of
   2007  amending  the  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law
   relating to establishing the Michigan Street African American Heritage
   Corridor commission in Buffalo, in relation to  extending  the  effec-
   tiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 41.05 of the parks, recre-
 ation and historic preservation law, as amended by chapter  283  of  the
 laws  of  2016,  is  designated  subdivision 1 and is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The commission is hereby established  as  a  not-for-profit  corpo-
 ration.    The commission shall be governed by the not-for-profit corpo-
 ration law except where such law conflicts with this article,  in  which
 case  the  provisions of this article shall govern. The commission shall
 consist of up to [thirteen] ELEVEN voting members and  seven  non-voting
 ex-officio members.  One member each shall be appointed by the governor,
 the  temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
 Other members shall include the mayor of the city of Buffalo, or his  or
 her designee, a representative of museum studies at the state university
 of New York College at Buffalo, [two representatives] ONE REPRESENTATIVE
 of  the  department  of Afro-American studies at the state university of
 New York at Buffalo, [a representative from the Monroe Fordham  regional
 history  center at the state university of New York College at Buffalo,]
 a representative from WUFO Studios, and a representative from each board
 governing the J.  Edward Nash House, the Michigan Street Baptist Church,
 the Langston Hughes Institute,  and  the  Colored  Musicians  Club.  All
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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