NY State Assembly Bill A8620A

assembly Bill A8620A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act"

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to higher education
Oct 23, 2019	print number 8620a
Oct 23, 2019	amend and recommit to higher education
Oct 02, 2019	referred to higher education

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A8620 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6722
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§6438-a & 6438-b, Ed L

A8620 - Summary

Relates to enacting the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act"; allows student-athletes to receive compensation including for the use of a student's name, image or likeness; allows student athletes to seek professional representation; requires colleges to establish a sports injury health savings account to provide compensation to athletes for career ending or long-term injuries… (view more) requires colleges to establish a wage fund to be paid out to all student-athletes attending the college; requires colleges to take fifteen percent of revenue earned from athletics ticket sales and divide such revenue among student-athletes; establishes the community college athlete name, image and likeness working group.

A8620 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8620

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 2, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
  collegiate athletic participation compensation act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.   Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act".
  § 2. The education law is amended by adding two  new  sections  6438-a
and 6438-b to read as follows:
  §  6438-A.  STUDENT-ATHLETE  COMPENSATION.  1. (A) A COLLEGE SHALL NOT
UPHOLD  ANY  RULE,  REQUIREMENT,  STANDARD,  OR  OTHER  LIMITATION  THAT
PREVENTS  A STUDENT OF THAT INSTITUTION PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS FROM EARNING COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  INCLUDING
AS  A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS. EARN-
ING COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION INCLUDING FROM THE  USE  OF  A
STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS SHALL NOT AFFECT THE STUDENT'S SCHOL-
ARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.
  (B)  AN  ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP OR ORGANIZA-
TION WITH AUTHORITY OVER INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO,  THE  NATIONAL  COLLEGIATE  ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, SHALL NOT
PREVENT A STUDENT OF A COLLEGE PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLET-
ICS  FROM  EARNING  COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION INCLUDING AS A
RESULT OF THE USE OF THE STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS.
  (C) AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP  OR  ORGANIZA-
TION  WITH  AUTHORITY OVER INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE NATIONAL  COLLEGIATE  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION,  SHALL  NOT
PREVENT  A  COLLEGE FROM PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AS A
RESULT OF THE COMPENSATION OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
INCLUDING FOR THE USE OF THE STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12040-03-9

A. 8620                             2

  (D) A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS
SECTION.
  2.  A  COLLEGE,  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION,  CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP OR
ORGANIZATION WITH AUTHORITY OVER  INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLETICS  SHALL  NOT
PROVIDE  A  PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE WITH COMPENSATION IN RELATION TO
THE ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS.
  3. (A) A COLLEGE, ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP  OR
ORGANIZATION  WITH  AUTHORITY  OVER  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS SHALL NOT
PREVENT A STUDENT-ATHLETE  PARTICIPATING  IN  INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLETICS
FROM  OBTAINING  PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS OR
LEGAL MATTERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REPRESENTATION PROVIDED BY
ATHLETE AGENTS OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION PROVIDED BY ATTORNEYS.
  (B) PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION OBTAINED BY STUDENT-ATHLETES SHALL  BE
FROM  PERSONS  REGISTERED  AND/OR  LICENSED  BY  THE STATE. PROFESSIONAL
REPRESENTATION PROVIDED BY ATHLETE AGENTS SHALL BE BY PERSONS REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE-E OF THE  GENERAL  BUSINESS  LAW.  LEGAL
REPRESENTATION OF STUDENT-ATHLETES SHALL BE BY ATTORNEYS LICENSED PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE JUDICIARY LAW.
  (C) ATHLETE AGENTS REPRESENTING STUDENT-ATHLETES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
FEDERAL  SPORTS AGENT RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST ACT, ESTABLISHED IN CHAP-
TER 104 OF TITLE 15 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE,  IN  THEIR  RELATIONSHIPS
WITH STUDENT-ATHLETES.
  4.  A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE COLLEGE IN WHICH A STUDENT IS ENROLLED THAT
PROVIDES THE STUDENT WITH THE COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THAT INSTITUTION  IS
NOT  COMPENSATION  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND A SCHOLARSHIP SHALL
NOT BE REVOKED AS A RESULT OF EARNING COMPENSATION  OR  OBTAINING  LEGAL
REPRESENTATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  5.  (A)  A  STUDENT-ATHLETE  SHALL NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT PROVIDING
COMPENSATION TO THE ATHLETE FOR USE OF THE  ATHLETE'S  NAME,  IMAGE,  OR
LIKENESS  IF A PROVISION OF THE CONTRACT IS IN CONFLICT WITH A PROVISION
OF THE ATHLETE'S TEAM CONTRACT.
  (B) A STUDENT-ATHLETE WHO ENTERS INTO  A  CONTRACT  PROVIDING  COMPEN-
SATION  TO THE ATHLETE FOR USE OF THE ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS
SHALL DISCLOSE THE CONTRACT TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE COLLEGE, TO BE  DESIG-
NATED BY THE COLLEGE.
  (C)  A COLLEGE ASSERTING A CONFLICT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE ATHLETE OR THE ATHLETE'S LEGAL  REPRE-
SENTATION THE RELEVANT CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT.
  6.  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, A NEW TEAM CONTRACT OR A
RENEWAL OR MODIFICATION OF A  TEAM  CONTRACT  OF  A  COLLEGE'S  ATHLETIC
PROGRAM  SHALL  NOT  PREVENT  A STUDENT-ATHLETE FROM USING THE ATHLETE'S
NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS FOR A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE WHEN  THE  ATHLETE  IS
NOT ENGAGED IN OFFICIAL TEAM ACTIVITIES.
  7.  EACH  COLLEGE SHALL ESTABLISH AN INJURED ATHLETE FUND TO PROVIDE A
STUDENT-ATHLETE WHO SUFFERS A CAREER ENDING OR LONG-TERM INJURY DURING A
GAME OR PRACTICE WITH COMPENSATION  UPON  HIS  OR  HER  GRADUATION.  THE
AMOUNT  OF SUCH COMPENSATION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH
QUALIFYING INJURY SHALL BE VERIFIED BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
  8. AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH SCHOOL  YEAR,  EACH  COLLEGE  SHALL  TAKE
FIFTEEN  PERCENT OF THE REVENUE EARNED FROM TICKET SALES TO ALL ATHLETIC
EVENTS AND DIVIDE AND PAY SUCH AMOUNT TO ALL STUDENT-ATHLETES.
  § 6438-B. COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETE NAME, IMAGE AND  LIKENESS  WORKING
GROUP. 1.  THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT BY THE CHAN-
CELLOR  OF  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ATHLETE NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS WORKING GROUP, TO  EXAMINE  AND  REVIEW
EXISTING STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ATHLETIC BYLAWS, STATE AND FEDERAL

A. 8620                             3

LAWS  AND  NATIONAL  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION  BYLAWS  REGARDING  A COLLEGE
ATHLETE'S USE OF SUCH ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE  AND  LIKENESS  FOR  COMPEN-
SATION.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE NECESSARY SECRETARIAT AND SUPPORT
SERVICES TO THE WORKING GROUP.
  2.  (A) THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETE NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS WORKING
GROUP SHALL CONSIST OF, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:
  (I) ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK;
  (II)  AT LEAST TWO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES APPOINTED BY THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE;
  (III) A COMMUNITY COLLEGE  ATHLETIC  ADMINISTRATOR  APPOINTED  BY  THE
CHANCELLOR'S  OFFICE;
  (IV)  A COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC COACH APPOINTED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE;
  (V) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;
  (VI) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE;
AND
  (VII) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
  (B)  ALL  APPOINTMENTS  TO  THE WORKING GROUP SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR
BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
  3. ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE WORKING GROUP
SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE  AND  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF  THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH CONTAINS SUCH WORKING GROUP'S FINDINGS AND
POLICY  RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ITS REVIEW PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
section  6438-a  of  the  education law, as added by section one of this
act, shall take effect January 1, 2023.

Co-Sponsors

A8620A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6722
Current Committee:: Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§6438-a & 6438-b, Ed L

A8620A (ACTIVE) - Summary

A8620A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8620--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 2, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
  collegiate athletic participation compensation act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "New York collegiate athletic participation compensation act".
  § 2. The education law is amended by adding two  new  sections  6438-a
and 6438-b to read as follows:
  §  6438-A.  STUDENT-ATHLETE  COMPENSATION.  1. (A) A COLLEGE SHALL NOT
UPHOLD  ANY  RULE,  REQUIREMENT,  STANDARD,  OR  OTHER  LIMITATION  THAT
PREVENTS  A STUDENT OF THAT INSTITUTION PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS FROM EARNING COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  INCLUDING
AS  A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS. EARN-
ING COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION INCLUDING FROM THE  USE  OF  A
STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS SHALL NOT AFFECT THE STUDENT'S SCHOL-
ARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.
  (B)  AN  ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP OR ORGANIZA-
TION WITH AUTHORITY OVER INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO,  THE  NATIONAL  COLLEGIATE  ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, SHALL NOT
PREVENT A STUDENT OF A COLLEGE PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLET-
ICS  FROM  EARNING  COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION INCLUDING AS A
RESULT OF THE USE OF THE STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS.
  (C) AN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP  OR  ORGANIZA-
TION  WITH  AUTHORITY OVER INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE NATIONAL  COLLEGIATE  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION,  SHALL  NOT
PREVENT  A  COLLEGE FROM PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AS A
RESULT OF THE COMPENSATION OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
INCLUDING FOR THE USE OF THE STUDENT'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD12040-08-9

A. 8620--A                          2

  (D) A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF  THIS
SECTION.
  2.  A  COLLEGE,  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION,  CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP OR
ORGANIZATION WITH AUTHORITY OVER  INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLETICS  SHALL  NOT
PROVIDE  A  PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE WITH COMPENSATION IN RELATION TO
THE ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS.
  3. (A) A COLLEGE, ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, CONFERENCE, OR OTHER GROUP  OR
ORGANIZATION  WITH  AUTHORITY  OVER  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS SHALL NOT
PREVENT A STUDENT-ATHLETE  PARTICIPATING  IN  INTERCOLLEGIATE  ATHLETICS
FROM  OBTAINING  PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS OR
LEGAL MATTERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REPRESENTATION PROVIDED BY
ATHLETE AGENTS OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION PROVIDED BY ATTORNEYS.
  (B) PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION OBTAINED BY STUDENT-ATHLETES SHALL  BE
FROM  PERSONS  REGISTERED  AND/OR  LICENSED  BY  THE STATE. PROFESSIONAL
REPRESENTATION PROVIDED BY ATHLETE AGENTS SHALL BE BY PERSONS REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-NINE-E OF THE  GENERAL  BUSINESS  LAW.  LEGAL
REPRESENTATION OF STUDENT-ATHLETES SHALL BE BY ATTORNEYS LICENSED PURSU-
ANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THE JUDICIARY LAW.
  (C) ATHLETE AGENTS REPRESENTING STUDENT-ATHLETES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
FEDERAL  SPORTS AGENT RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST ACT, ESTABLISHED IN CHAP-
TER 104 OF TITLE 15 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE,  IN  THEIR  RELATIONSHIPS
WITH STUDENT-ATHLETES.
  4.  A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE COLLEGE IN WHICH A STUDENT IS ENROLLED THAT
PROVIDES THE STUDENT WITH THE COST OF ATTENDANCE AT THAT INSTITUTION  IS
NOT  COMPENSATION  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, AND A SCHOLARSHIP SHALL
NOT BE REVOKED AS A RESULT  OF  EARNING  COMPENSATION,  OBTAINING  LEGAL
REPRESENTATION OR RECEIVING FUNDS THROUGH A COLLEGE'S WAGE FUND PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION.
  5.  (A)  A  STUDENT-ATHLETE  SHALL NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT PROVIDING
COMPENSATION TO THE ATHLETE FOR USE OF THE  ATHLETE'S  NAME,  IMAGE,  OR
LIKENESS  IF A PROVISION OF THE CONTRACT IS IN CONFLICT WITH A PROVISION
OF THE ATHLETE'S TEAM CONTRACT.
  (B) A STUDENT-ATHLETE WHO ENTERS INTO  A  CONTRACT  PROVIDING  COMPEN-
SATION  TO THE ATHLETE FOR USE OF THE ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS
SHALL DISCLOSE THE CONTRACT TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE COLLEGE, TO BE  DESIG-
NATED BY THE COLLEGE.
  (C)  A COLLEGE ASSERTING A CONFLICT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL DISCLOSE TO THE ATHLETE OR THE ATHLETE'S LEGAL  REPRE-
SENTATION THE RELEVANT CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN CONFLICT.
  6.  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, A NEW TEAM CONTRACT OR A
RENEWAL OR MODIFICATION OF A  TEAM  CONTRACT  OF  A  COLLEGE'S  ATHLETIC
PROGRAM  SHALL  NOT  PREVENT  A STUDENT-ATHLETE FROM USING THE ATHLETE'S
NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS FOR A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE WHEN  THE  ATHLETE  IS
NOT ENGAGED IN OFFICIAL TEAM ACTIVITIES.
  7.  (A)  EACH  COLLEGE  SHALL ESTABLISH A SPORTS INJURY HEALTH SAVINGS
ACCOUNT AND A WAGE FUND  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  SUCH  SAVINGS
ACCOUNT AND WAGE FUND SHALL BE FUNDED WITH FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE REVEN-
UE  EARNED  FROM  SUCH COLLEGE'S ATHLETICS PROGRAM. HALF OF SUCH REVENUE
SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO SUCH SPORTS INJURY HEALTH  SAVINGS  ACCOUNT  AND
HALF SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO SUCH WAGE FUND.
  (B)  EACH  COLLEGE'S  SPORTS  INJURY  HEALTH  SAVINGS ACCOUNT SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE A STUDENT-ATHLETE WHO SUFFERS A CAREER ENDING  OR
SERIOUS  INJURY  DURING A GAME OR PRACTICE WITH COMPENSATION UPON HIS OR
HER GRADUATION. THE AMOUNT OF SUCH COMPENSATION AND QUALIFYING  INJURIES
SHALL  BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT. A QUALIFYING INJURY SHALL BE

A. 8620--A                          3

VERIFIED BY AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER NOT AFFILIATED WITH SUCH
STUDENT-ATHLETE'S COLLEGE.
  (C)  AT  THE  CONCLUSION OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, EACH COLLEGE'S WAGE FUND
SHALL BE DIVIDED EVENLY AND PAID TO ALL STUDENT-ATHLETES ATTENDING  SUCH
COLLEGE.
  §  6438-B.  COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETE NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS WORKING
GROUP. 1.  THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT BY THE CHAN-
CELLOR OF THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  THE  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE
ATHLETE  NAME,  IMAGE  AND LIKENESS WORKING GROUP, TO EXAMINE AND REVIEW
EXISTING STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ATHLETIC BYLAWS, STATE AND FEDERAL
LAWS AND  NATIONAL  ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION  BYLAWS  REGARDING  A  COLLEGE
ATHLETE'S  USE  OF  SUCH  ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS FOR COMPEN-
SATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE NECESSARY SECRETARIAT  AND  SUPPORT
SERVICES TO THE WORKING GROUP.
  2.  (A) THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETE NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS WORKING
GROUP SHALL CONSIST OF, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS:
  (I) ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK;
  (II)  AT LEAST TWO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT-ATHLETES APPOINTED BY THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE;
  (III) A COMMUNITY COLLEGE  ATHLETIC  ADMINISTRATOR  APPOINTED  BY  THE
CHANCELLOR'S  OFFICE;
  (IV)  A COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC COACH APPOINTED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE;
  (V) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;
  (VI) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE;
AND
  (VII) ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
  (B)  ALL  APPOINTMENTS  TO  THE WORKING GROUP SHALL BE COMPLETED ON OR
BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
  3. ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE WORKING GROUP
SHALL PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE  AND  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF  THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, WHICH CONTAINS SUCH WORKING GROUP'S FINDINGS AND
POLICY  RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ITS REVIEW PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
section  6438-a  of  the  education law, as added by section two of this
act, shall take effect January 1, 2023.

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