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Senate Bill S5004

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires that regents and elective officers of the university of the state of New York prove that their primary residence is located within New York state before entering on their duties

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2025-S5004 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §203, Ed L

2025-S5004 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that regents and elective officers of the university of the state of New York prove that their primary residence is located within New York state before entering on their duties.

2025-S5004 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5004 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5004
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- 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 requiring that regents
   and elective officers of the university of the state of New York prove
   that their primary residence is located within New York  state  before
   entering on their duties
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 203 of the education law  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 203. Officers.   1. The elective officers of the university shall be
 a chancellor and a vice-chancellor who shall serve without  salary,  and
 such  other officers as are deemed necessary by the regents, all of whom
 shall be chosen by ballot by the regents and shall  hold  office  during
 their pleasure; but no election, removal or change of salary of an elec-
 tive officer shall be made by less than six votes in favor thereof. Each
 regent  and  each elective officer shall, before entering on [his] THEIR
 duties, take and file with the secretary of state  the  oath  of  office
 required  of  state  officers, AND PROVE THAT THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS
 LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
   2. The chancellor shall preside at all convocations and at  all  meet-
 ings  of the regents, and confer all degrees which they shall authorize.
 In [his] THE CHANCELLOR'S absence or inability to act, the vice-chancel-
 lor, or if [he] THE VICE-CHANCELLOR be also absent,  the  senior  regent
 present,  shall  perform  all  the duties and have all the powers of the
 chancellor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09635-01-5

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