Bill Text: NY A02105 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires colleges to educate the campus community on bias-related crime, hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use; expands authority of colleges to regulate conduct by college and student government organizations and clubs, athletic teams and clubs, alumni organizations, fraternities, sororities, and any other organization that has access to and use of the college facilities; requires colleges to adopt rules prohibiting hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use; requires colleges to inform incoming students of and to train residence hall staff in the prohibitions against hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use; requires colleges to establish penalties for hazing, underage drinking and illegal drug use.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - print number 2105a [A02105 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02105-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2105--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa- tion in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to hazing, serving alco- hol to minors and illegal drug offenses 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 6430 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 2004, is amended and a new subdivi- 3 sion 7 is added to read as follows: 4 1. The trustees or other governing board of every college chartered by 5 the regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature and which 6 maintains a campus, unless otherwise provided, shall adopt written rules 7 for implementing all policies required pursuant to this article and for 8 the maintenance of public order on college campuses and other college 9 property used for educational purposes and provide a program for the 10 enforcement thereof. Such rules shall prohibit, among other things, any 11 action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the 12 mental or physical health [or involves the forced consumption of liquor13or drugs for the purpose of initiation into or affiliation with any14organization] of any individual. Such rules shall govern the conduct of 15 students, faculty and other staff as well as visitors and other licen- 16 sees and invitees on such campuses and property. The penalties for 17 violations of such rules shall be clearly set forth therein and shall 18 include provisions for the ejection of a violator from such campus and 19 property, in the case of a student or faculty violator his or her 20 suspension, expulsion, or other appropriate disciplinary action, and in 21 the case of an organization which authorizes such conduct, recision of 22 permission for that organization to operate on campus property. Such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03155-03-6