Bill Text: NY S05246 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to higher education research foundations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S05246 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05246-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5246 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to high- er education research foundations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a 2 new section 1413 to read as follows: 3 S 1413. HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS. 4 (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "HIGHER EDUCATION 5 RESEARCH FOUNDATION" SHALL MEAN A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, COMPANY 6 OR PARTNERSHIP CLOSELY AFFILIATED WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW 7 YORK AND WHOSE PURPOSES ARE ESSENTIALLY TO SUPPORT, SUPPLEMENT OR 8 EXTEND THE FUNCTIONS AND PROGRAMS OF SUCH STATE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING 9 WITHOUT LIMITATION THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF 10 NEW YORK AND ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES. 11 (B) CIVIL SERVICE STATUS OF EMPLOYEES. ANY EMPLOYEE OF A HIGHER 12 EDUCATION RESEARCH FOUNDATION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN THE CLASSIFIED 13 CIVIL SERVICE OR THE UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE 14 CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL 15 SERVICE LAW IN THE SAME MANNER AS AN EMPLOYEE OF A DEPARTMENT OR AGEN- 16 CY OF THE STATE. 17 S 2. The state civil service commission may prescribe rules and regu- 18 lations to define permanent employees of a higher education research 19 foundation as defined in section 1413 of the not-for-profit corporation 20 law, as added by section one of this act. 21 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 22 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10511-01-5