Bill Text: NY A05845 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that tuition paid for public higher education be used for the purposes of higher education

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-11 - held for consideration in higher education [A05845 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05845-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5845
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that tuition
         paid for public higher education be used for the  purposes  of  higher
         education
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    3    4-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL  MONEYS
    4  AND  REVENUE  DERIVED  FROM  THE  PAYMENT  OF  TUITION AT ANY COLLEGE OR
    5  UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN AND
    6  CREDITED TO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT. THE MONEYS  IN  SUCH  ACCOUNT  SHALL  BE
    7  EXPENDED  SOLELY  FOR  THE  FUNDING OF PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION. UNDER NO
    8  CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL THE MONEYS IN SUCH ACCOUNT  BE  COMMINGLED  WITH  ANY
    9  OTHER MONEYS.
   10    S  2.  Section  6221  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
   11  subdivision F to read as follows:
   12    F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  MONEYS
   13  AND  REVENUE  DERIVED  FROM THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AT ANY COLLEGE OF THE
   14  CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE DEPOSITED  IN  AND  CREDITED  TO  A
   15  SEPARATE  ACCOUNT.  THE  MONEYS IN SUCH ACCOUNT SHALL BE EXPENDED SOLELY
   16  FOR THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
   17  THE MONEYS IN SUCH ACCOUNT BE COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER MONEYS.
   18    S 3. Section 6304 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   19  subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   20    14.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL MONEYS
   21  AND REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE PAYMENT OF TUITION AT ANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
   22  SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN AND CREDITED TO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT. THE MONEYS  IN
   23  SUCH  ACCOUNT  SHALL BE EXPENDED SOLELY FOR THE FUNDING OF PUBLIC HIGHER
   24  EDUCATION. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE MONEYS IN  SUCH  ACCOUNT  BE
   25  COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER MONEYS.
   26    S 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08902-01-9