Bill Text: NY S06015 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Decreases the amount of voting members of the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission in Buffalo; and extends provisions relating thereto.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-20 - SIGNED CHAP.528 [S06015 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06015-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6015 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to the membership of the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission; and to amend chapter 595 of the laws of 2007 amending the parks, recreation and historic preservation law relating to establishing the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission in Buffalo, in relation to extending the effec- tiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 41.05 of the parks, recre- 2 ation and historic preservation law, as amended by chapter 283 of the 3 laws of 2016, is designated subdivision 1 and is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 1. The commission is hereby established as a not-for-profit corpo- 6 ration. The commission shall be governed by the not-for-profit corpo- 7 ration law except where such law conflicts with this article, in which 8 case the provisions of this article shall govern. The commission shall 9 consist of up to [thirteen] eleven voting members and seven non-voting 10 ex-officio members. One member each shall be appointed by the governor, 11 the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly. 12 Other members shall include the mayor of the city of Buffalo, or his or 13 her designee, a representative of museum studies at the state university 14 of New York College at Buffalo, [two representatives] one representative 15 of the department of Afro-American studies at the state university of 16 New York at Buffalo, [a representative from the Monroe Fordham regional17history center at the state university of New York College at Buffalo,] 18 a representative from WUFO Studios, and a representative from each board 19 governing the J. Edward Nash House, the Michigan Street Baptist Church, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11806-01-9S. 6015 2 1 the Langston Hughes Institute, and the Colored Musicians Club. All 2 appointments shall be residents of the city of Buffalo, but the commis- 3 sion has the authority to waive this requirement at its discretion. In 4 addition, seven non-voting members shall serve ex-officio: the secretary 5 of state, the commissioners of the office of parks, recreation and 6 historic preservation, environmental conservation, economic development 7 and education, one member from the congregation of the Michigan Street 8 Baptist Church or their designee and the president of the city of 9 Buffalo's convention and visitor's bureau, or their designees. Appoint- 10 ments to the commission shall be filed with the commissioner who shall 11 convene the first meeting of the commission following the filing of a 12 majority of the appointments. At the initial meeting, the members of the 13 commission shall elect officers. 14 § 2. Section 3 of chapter 595 of the laws of 2007, amending the parks, 15 recreation and historic preservation law relating to establishing the 16 Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor commission in 17 Buffalo, as amended by chapter 150 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 18 read as follows: 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two 20 of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, [2019] 21 2020. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however the 23 amendments made to section 41.05 of the parks, recreation and historic 24 preservation law made by section one of this act shall not affect the 25 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.