Bill Text: NY A04476 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to powers and duties of trustees; provides for in state tuition rates for active and retired military members enrolled in any state-operated institution of the state university, whether or not a resident of the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in higher education [A04476 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04476-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4476
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to powers and  duties  of
          trustees; in state tuition for active and retired military members
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
     2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 10 to read as follows:
     3    (10)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of any other general, special or
     4  local law, rule or regulation, such regulations  shall  further  provide
     5  that the payment of tuition and fees by any student in any state-operat-
     6  ed  institution  of  the  state  university  who is an active or retired
     7  member of the armed forces of the United States, whether or not a  resi-
     8  dent  of  the  state,  shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than
     9  that imposed for students thereat who are residents of this state.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06597-01-9
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