Bill Text: NY A02718 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the membership of the board of trustees of the state university of New York from seventeen to eighteen members; new member to be the president of the faculty council of community colleges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - signed chap.268 [A02718 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A02718-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 2410 A. 2718
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 20, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Higher Education
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. CANESTRARI -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the membership of the
board of trustees of the state university of New York
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 353 of the education law, as
2 amended by chapter 127 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. The state university shall be governed, and all of its corporate
5 powers exercised, by a board of trustees. Such board shall consist of
6 [seventeen] EIGHTEEN members, fifteen of whom shall be appointed by the
7 governor with the advice and consent of the senate, one of whom shall be
8 the president of the student assembly of the state university, ex-offi-
9 cio and voting, [and] one of whom shall be the president of the univer-
10 sity faculty senate, ex-officio and non-voting, AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE
11 THE PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EX-OFFICIO
12 AND NON-VOTING. Such ex-officio members shall be subject to every
13 provision of any general, special, or local law, ordinance, charter,
14 code, rule, or regulation applying to the voting members of such board
15 with respect to the discharge of their duties, including, but not limit-
16 ed to, those provisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure
17 requirements, and prohibiting business and professional activities. One
18 member of the board shall be designated by the governor as chairperson
19 and one as vice-chairperson. Of the members first appointed, two shall
20 be appointed for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen
21 hundred fifty-two; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 nineteen hundred fifty-three; two for a term which shall expire on June
2 thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one for a term which shall
3 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term
4 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six; one
5 for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
6 fifty-seven; two for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nine-
7 teen hundred fifty-eight; one for a term which shall expire on June
8 thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine; two for a term which shall
9 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty; and one for a term
10 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-one. Vacan-
11 cies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
12 original appointments. The term of office of each trustee appointed on
13 or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall be seven years,
14 except those of the student member and the faculty [member] MEMBERS.
15 Trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be
16 reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them
17 in the performance of their duties under this article.
18 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
