Bill Text: NY S04856 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the mandatory filing of verified notification forms with the office of attorney general and the filing of a certificate of security information with the FBI by colleges, universities and schools of higher education prior to receipt of any financial assistance from the state of New York or any of its political subdivisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04856 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04856-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4856
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LEIBELL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  mandatory  filing
         of  a  verified notification form and certificate of security informa-
         tion by colleges, universities, and schools of higher education
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 418 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  418.  MANDATORY  FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION.  1.
    4  FILING OF VERIFIED NOTIFICATION FORM WITH THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  ATTORNEY
    5  GENERAL.  PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF
    6  NEW YORK OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, ANY  COLLEGE,  UNIVERSITY
    7  OR  OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING
    8  SHALL FILE WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, A NOTIFICATION FORM,
    9  VERIFIED BY  THE  PRESIDENT  OR  HIGHEST  DESIGNATED  OFFICIAL  OF  SUCH
   10  COLLEGE,  UNIVERSITY,  OR  OTHER  INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER OR VOCA-
   11  TIONAL LEARNING, AFFIRMING THAT SUCH COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTI-
   12  TUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING  HAS  FILED  A
   13  CERTIFICATE  OF SECURITY INFORMATION WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTI-
   14  GATION, THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION  AND  NATURALIZATION  SERVICES  AND  THE
   15  DIVISION  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  POLICE. THE FILING OF SUCH VERIFIED
   16  NOTIFICATION FORM SHALL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE  CERTIFICATE  OF  SECURITY
   17  INFORMATION SO FILED.
   18    2. CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION. PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF ANY FINAN-
   19  CIAL  ASSISTANCE  FROM  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL
   20  SUBDIVISIONS, ANY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTITUTE  OR  SCHOOL  OF
   21  HIGHER  EDUCATION  OR  VOCATIONAL  LEARNING  SHALL FILE WITH THE FEDERAL
   22  BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION,  THE  FEDERAL  IMMIGRATION  AND  NATURALIZATION
   23  SERVICES,  AND  THE DIVISION OF THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE, A CERTIFICATE
   24  OF SECURITY INFORMATION, VERIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT OR HIGHEST DESIGNATED
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11252-01-9
       S. 4856                             2
    1  OFFICIAL OF SUCH COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER INSTITUTE  OR  SCHOOL  OF
    2  HIGHER  OR  VOCATIONAL LEARNING, WHICH PROVIDES THE NAME; CURRENT STREET
    3  ADDRESS; CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS;  CURRENT  TELEPHONE  NUMBER;  NATION  OF
    4  ORIGIN;  ALL  COURSES  ENROLLED IN AND/OR REGISTERED FOR; AND THE SOCIAL
    5  SECURITY NUMBER OR TAXPAYER ID NUMBER OR INS DOCUMENTATION  INFORMATION,
    6  FOR  EVERY  STUDENT  REGISTERED,  ATTENDING  OR  AUDITING  SUCH COLLEGE,
    7  UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER OR VOCATIONAL  LEARN-
    8  ING WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL BE
    9  FILED  WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION
   10  AND NATURALIZATION SERVICES, AND THE DIVISION  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE
   11  POLICE PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF EACH ACADEMIC SEMESTER, OR PROVISION
   12  OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
   13    3.  ANY  COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER OR
   14  VOCATIONAL LEARNING THAT FAILS TO FILE THE NOTIFICATION  OF  FILING  AND
   15  CERTIFICATE  OF  SECURITY  INFORMATION  PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
   16  ACADEMIC SEMESTER OR PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AS  PROVIDED  BY
   17  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE  AND  TWO  OF  THIS SECTION, AND THAT HAS RECEIVED ANY
   18  FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OF ITS  POLITICAL
   19  SUBDIVISIONS,  SHALL  BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO THREE TIMES
   20  THE AMOUNT OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SO RECEIVED.
   21    4. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY,  OR
   22  OTHER  INSTITUTE  OR  SCHOOL  OF  HIGHER  OR  VOCATIONAL LEARNING" SHALL
   23  INCLUDE:
   24    A. ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY;
   25    B. ANY PROFESSIONAL,  TECHNICAL,  OR  VOCATIONAL  SCHOOL,  ACADEMY  OR
   26  INSTITUTE; OR
   27    C.  ANY OTHER SCHOOL, ACADEMY, INSTITUTE, OR PROGRAM, UPON THE CONCLU-
   28  SION OF WHICH THE STUDENT  SHALL  BE  AWARDED  A  DIPLOMA,  CERTIFICATE,
   29  LICENSE, PERMIT, OR REGISTRATION.
   30    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.