Bill Text: NY A04717 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A04717 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04717-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4717
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLAKE, COLTON, CRESPO, MOSLEY, ORTIZ, ROZIC,
          STECK, WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, the education law and the economic
          development law, in relation to establishing an international division
          within the department of state
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  92  of  the  executive  law is amended and a new
     2  section 110 is added to read as follows:
     3    § 92. Deputies. The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy, who may
     4  perform all the duties of the secretary of state. Any such deputy  shall
     5  receive  an  annual  salary to be fixed by the secretary of state within
     6  the amount appropriated  therefor.  The  secretary  of  state  may  also
     7  appoint  and fix the compensation of such other deputies, assistants and
     8  employees as he or she shall deem necessary, and including a director of
     9  the international division, as established by section one hundred ten of
    10  this article, within the  amount  appropriated  therefor  and  prescribe
    11  their powers and duties.
    12    §  110.  International  division.  1. There is established an interna-
    13  tional division within the department of state. The secretary  of  state
    14  shall  provide for the establishment and operation of such division, and
    15  shall appoint a director to supervise the operation of such division and
    16  its employees.
    17    2. The international division shall solicit,  establish  and  maintain
    18  sister  state  relationships between the state of New York and states in
    19  other countries. For each of this state's international  sister  states,
    20  the international division shall act as the conduit between the governor
    21  and the chief executive officer of each sister state.
    22    3.  The  international sister state program shall, in cooperation with
    23  the department of economic development for the purposes of  implementing
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  article ten of the economic development law, establish an active network
     2  to  operate a clearinghouse for information resources between this state
     3  and each sister state. The network shall be designed to promote interna-
     4  tional exchanges of commerce, education and culture.
     5    4.  The  international  division  shall assist and work in cooperation
     6  with the international program of the state university of  New  York  to
     7  establish,  facilitate and maintain the exchange of students and faculty
     8  of the colleges and  universities  of  the  state  university  with  the
     9  colleges and universities of sister states.
    10    5. The international division may establish international sister state
    11  relationships  upon its own initiative or upon request of any individual
    12  or entity.
    13    § 2. Section 355 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    14  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    15    20.  The  state university trustees shall work in cooperation with the
    16  international division of the department of state to establish,  facili-
    17  tate and maintain the exchange of students and faculty of state-operated
    18  institutions  with  colleges  and  universities  of  the  state's sister
    19  states.
    20    § 3. The economic development law is amended by adding a  new  section
    21  226 to read as follows:
    22    § 226. Cooperation with international division. The provisions of this
    23  article  shall  be implemented by the commissioner and the department in
    24  consultation and cooperation with  the  international  division  of  the
    25  department of state.
    26    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.