Bill Text: NY A03857 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3857 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits trustees and members of a board of education from voting on matters before the board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member who is either employed by the board of education or school district or who would be financially impacted by such vote.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to education [A03857 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03857-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3857

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAMOS, ABINANTI, COOK -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  prohibiting  trustees
          and  members of a board of education from voting on matters before the
          board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 2104
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2104. Voting by trustees and members of board of education. No trus-
     4  tee or member of a board of education shall vote on  any  matter  before
     5  the  board  when  such  vote shall affect a person who is related to the
     6  trustee or member and such person is employed by the board of  education
     7  or school district or would be financially impacted by such vote.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07927-01-1