Bill Text: NY A08438 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and the city university of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A08438 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08438-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8438

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 17, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the state
          university and city university

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353 of the education law, as
     2  amended by chapter 268 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  The  state  university shall be governed, and all of its corporate
     5  powers exercised, by a board of trustees. Such board  shall  consist  of
     6  eighteen  members,  fifteen  of  whom shall be appointed by the governor
     7  with the advice and consent of the senate, one  of  whom  shall  be  the
     8  president  of  the  student assembly of the state university, ex-officio
     9  and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the university faculty
    10  senate, ex-officio and non-voting, and one of whom shall be  the  presi-
    11  dent  of  the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio and non-
    12  voting; provided that no such members, with the exception of  ex-officio
    13  members  and  classified  civil service employees, shall be the employee
    14  of, or under the supervision of, the governor. Such  ex-officio  members
    15  shall  be  subject  to every provision of any general, special, or local
    16  law, ordinance, charter, code,  rule,  or  regulation  applying  to  the
    17  voting  members  of  such  board  with respect to the discharge of their
    18  duties, including, but not limited to, those  provisions  setting  forth
    19  codes  of  ethics, disclosure requirements, and prohibiting business and
    20  professional activities. One member of the board shall be designated  by
    21  the  governor as chairperson and one as vice-chairperson. Of the members
    22  first appointed, two shall be appointed for a term which shall expire on
    23  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-two; one for a term  which  shall
    24  expire  on  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-three; two for a term
    25  which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  fifty-four;  one

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  for  a  term  which  shall  expire  on  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
     2  fifty-five; two for a term which shall expire on June  thirtieth,  nine-
     3  teen  hundred fifty-six; one for a term which shall expire on June thir-
     4  tieth,  nineteen  hundred fifty-seven; two for a term which shall expire
     5  on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-eight; one for  a  term  which
     6  shall  expire  on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine; two for a
     7  term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  sixty;  and
     8  one  for  a  term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
     9  sixty-one. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the  same
    10  manner  as  original  appointments.  The  term of office of each trustee
    11  appointed on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall  be
    12  seven years, except those of the student member and the faculty members.
    13  Trustees  shall  receive no compensation for their services but shall be
    14  reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by  them
    15  in the performance of their duties under this article.
    16    §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  2 of section 6204 of the education
    17  law, as added by chapter 305 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read  as
    18  follows:
    19    (a)  The board of trustees shall consist of seventeen trustees. Ten of
    20  the trustees shall be appointed by the  governor  with  the  advice  and
    21  consent of the senate; provided that no such trustee, with the exception
    22  of  ex-officio  members and classified civil service employees, shall be
    23  an employee of, or under the supervision of, the governor.  Five of  the
    24  trustees  shall  be  appointed by the mayor of the city of New York with
    25  the advice and consent of the senate; provided  that  no  such  trustee,
    26  with  the  exception  of ex-officio members and classified civil service
    27  employees of the city of New York, shall be an employee of, or under the
    28  supervision of, the mayor of the city of New York.  One ex-officio trus-
    29  tee shall be the chairperson  of  the  university  student  senate.  One
    30  ex-officio non-voting trustee shall be the chairperson of the university
    31  faculty senate.
    32    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
    33  state university of New York and the city university of New  York  trus-
    34  tees appointed on or after such effective date.