Senate Bill S5436

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a student activity fee to fund the student assembly of the state university of New York

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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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2021-S5436 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7054
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §355-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4958

2021-S5436 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a student activity fee to fund the student assembly of the state university of New York.

2021-S5436 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5436
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a student
   activity fee to fund the student assembly of the state  university  of
   New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  355-e
 to read as follows:
   §  355-E. STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE. 1. THERE SHALL BE ASSESSED A FEE OF NO
 LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR PER SEMESTER TO EACH ENROLLED STUDENT AT A  COLLEGE
 OR INSTITUTION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
   2.  SUCH  FEE  SHALL BE WHOLLY THE PROPERTY OF THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY. NO INSTITUTION OR PERSONS OTHER THAN  THE  STUDENT
 ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ANY APPORTIONMENT
 OF SUCH STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION
 OF ANY RULE OR LAW.
   3. THE REVENUE  GENERATED  BY  SUCH  STUDENT  ACTIVITY  FEE  SHALL  BE
 UTILIZED  AT  THE  SOLE  DISCRETION OF THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY.
   4. THE STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE SHALL BE ASSESSED AND COLLECTED CONCURRENT
 WITH THE STANDARD BILL SCHEDULE OF A COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION.  EACH  SUCH
 COLLEGE  OR  INSTITUTION  SHALL DELIVER THE COLLECTED FEE TO THE STUDENT
 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SUCH COLLECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09746-02-1



              

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