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  regional
    17  history  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.
                                                                   LBD11806-01-9

        S. 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.
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