Bill Text: NY A07554 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Expands the definition of the term "agency" for certain purposes; adds provisions relating to foundations of state-operated campuses and city-operated campuses.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-09 - reported referred to codes [A07554 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07554-Amended.html
Bill Title: Expands the definition of the term "agency" for certain purposes; adds provisions relating to foundations of state-operated campuses and city-operated campuses.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-09 - reported referred to codes [A07554 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A07554-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7554--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 23, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, LIFTON, COOK, ROBERTS, MILLMAN, CRESPO, MAYER, GOTTFRIED, CAHILL, AUBRY, JACOBS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI, CLARK, DUPREY, GABRYSZAK, GIBSON, MOYA, RA, RIVERA, SWEE- NEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the disclosure of agency records; and to amend the education law, in relation to guidelines for foundations of state-operated and city-operated campus- es THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as 2 added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 3 3. (A) "Agency" means any state or municipal department, board, 4 bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corpo- 5 ration, council, office or other governmental entity performing a 6 governmental or proprietary function for the state or any one or more 7 municipalities thereof, except the judiciary or the state legislature. 8 (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "AGENCY" SHALL INCLUDE THE RESEARCH 9 FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 10 OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, FOUNDATIONS AND AUXILIARY SERVICE 11 CORPORATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND NOT- 12 FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS CREATED OR 13 CONTROLLED BY ANY PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND THE CORPORATIONS 14 IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FIFTY-THREE-A 15 OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS 16 SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE STATUTORY COLLEGES AND CONTRACT 17 COLLEGES AT ALFRED AND CORNELL OR ANY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OR CLINICAL 18 PRACTICE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10940-02-3 A. 7554--A 2 1 S 2. Paragraph (l) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public offi- 2 cers law, as added by section 12 of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 3 2010, is amended and two new paragraphs (m) and (n) are added to read as 4 follows: 5 (l) are photographs, microphotographs, videotape or other recorded 6 images produced by a bus lane photo device prepared under authority of 7 section eleven hundred eleven-c of the vehicle and traffic law[.]; 8 (M) ARE RECORDS OF AN AGENCY RELATING TO CHARITABLE DONORS OR PROSPEC- 9 TIVE DONORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FUND-RAISING STRATEGIES OF 10 AGENCIES IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 11 EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED THAT RECORDS RELATING TO FUND-RAIS- 12 ING STRATEGIES WOULD, IF DISCLOSED, IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF THOSE AGENCIES 13 TO ATTRACT OR GAIN DONATIONS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE NAME OF ANY 14 DONOR AND THE AMOUNT OF DONATION MADE BY SUCH DONOR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO 15 DISCLOSURE IF SUCH DONOR, OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH SUCH DONOR HAS A 16 SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST, SEEKS TO TRANSACT BUSINESS, OR DOES TRANSACT BUSI- 17 NESS, WITH THE AGENCY TO WHICH THE DONATION IS MADE WITHIN THREE YEARS 18 OF THE DATE OF SUCH DONATION. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL EXEMPT FROM 19 DISCLOSURE THE AMOUNT OR VALUE OF AN INDIVIDUAL GIFT, GRANT, DONATION OR 20 PLEDGE; 21 (N) ARE ACADEMIC OR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OR RESEARCH-RELATED RECORDS, 22 INCLUDING ANY DRAFT, PRELIMINARY OR UNFUNDED GRANT OR CONTRACT DOCUMENT, 23 WHETHER SPONSORED BY THE AGENCY ITSELF OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A THIRD 24 PARTY, OR RECORDS RELATING TO THE AGENCY'S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, WHICH, 25 IF DISCLOSED, WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT LICENSE, PATENT, COPYRIGHT OR OTHER 26 RIGHTS OF THE AGENCY. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT PERMIT AN AGENCY TO WITH- 27 HOLD RECORDS OR PORTIONS THEREOF PERTAINING TO THE NAME, TITLE, EXPENDI- 28 TURE, SOURCE OR AMOUNT OF PUBLIC FUNDING RELATING TO SUCH RESEARCH OR 29 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. 30 S 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 355 of the 31 education law is designated paragraph (a) and two new paragraphs (b) and 32 (c) are added to read as follows: 33 (B) THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT GUIDELINES FOR FOUNDA- 34 TIONS OF STATE-OPERATED CAMPUSES THAT REQUIRE EACH FOUNDATION TO ADOPT A 35 CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY APPLICABLE TO SUCH FOUNDATION AND ITS AFFIL- 36 IATED CORPORATIONS. AMONG OTHER ITEMS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES' 37 GUIDELINES SHALL REQUIRE SUCH FOUNDATION POLICIES TO PROVIDE: (I) THAT 38 SERVICE AS A BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER THEREOF SHALL NOT BE USED AS A 39 MEANS FOR PRIVATE BENEFIT OR INUREMENT FOR THE BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER 40 OR RELATIVE THEREOF, OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH THE BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER, 41 OR RELATIVE THEREOF, HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST; (II) NO BOARD MEMBER OR 42 OFFICER WHO IS A VENDOR OF GOODS OR SERVICES TO THE FOUNDATION OR ITS 43 AFFILIATED CORPORATION, OR HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST IN SUCH VENDOR, OR 44 WHOSE RELATIVE HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST IN SUCH VENDOR, SHALL VOTE ON, OR 45 PARTICIPATE IN THE FOUNDATION'S ADMINISTRATION OF, AND TRANSACTION WITH 46 SUCH VENDOR; AND (III) A BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER SHALL ADVISE THE CHAIR 47 OF THE FOUNDATION OR ITS AFFILIATED CORPORATION OF HIS, HER OR A RELA- 48 TIVE'S BUSINESS INTEREST IN ANY SUCH EXISTING OR PROPOSED VENDOR WITH 49 THE FOUNDATION OR ITS AFFILIATE. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE'S GUIDE- 50 LINES SHALL DEFINE THE NATURE OF A BUSINESS INTEREST AND THE CLOSENESS 51 OF A PERSONAL RELATION THAT BRING A RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE PURPOSES OF 52 THIS SECTION. 53 (C) THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE 54 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON THE 55 STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION NO 56 LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL HAVE TAKEN EFFECT. A. 7554--A 3 1 S 4. Section 6204 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. (A) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT GUIDELINES FOR FOUNDATIONS OF 4 CITY UNIVERSITY-OPERATED CAMPUSES THAT REQUIRE EACH FOUNDATION TO ADOPT 5 A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY APPLICABLE TO SUCH FOUNDATION AND ITS 6 AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS. AMONG OTHER ITEMS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE'S 7 GUIDELINES SHALL REQUIRE SUCH FOUNDATION POLICIES TO PROVIDE: (I) THAT 8 SERVICE AS A BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER THEREOF SHALL NOT BE USED AS A 9 MEANS FOR PRIVATE BENEFIT OR INUREMENT FOR THE BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER 10 OR RELATIVE THEREOF, OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH THE BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER, 11 OR RELATIVE THEREOF, HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST; (II) NO BOARD MEMBER OR 12 OFFICER WHO IS A VENDOR OF GOODS OR SERVICES TO THE FOUNDATION OR ITS 13 AFFILIATED CORPORATION, OR HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST IN SUCH VENDOR, OR 14 WHOSE RELATIVE HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST IN SUCH VENDOR, SHALL VOTE ON, 15 OR PARTICIPATE IN THE FOUNDATION'S ADMINISTRATION OF, AND TRANSACTION 16 WITH SUCH VENDOR; AND (III) A BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER SHALL ADVISE THE 17 CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION OR ITS AFFILIATED CORPORATION OF HIS, HER OR A 18 RELATIVE'S BUSINESS INTEREST IN ANY SUCH EXISTING OR PROPOSED VENDOR 19 WITH THE FOUNDATION OR ITS AFFILIATE. THE CITY UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE'S 20 GUIDELINES SHALL DEFINE THE NATURE OF A BUSINESS INTEREST AND THE CLOSE- 21 NESS OF A PERSONAL RELATION THAT BRING A RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE 22 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. 23 (B) THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF 24 THE ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON THE STATUS OF 25 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION NO LATER THAN 26 NINETY DAYS AFTER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL HAVE TAKEN EFFECT. 27 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 28 the amendments to paragraph (l) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the 29 public officers law made by section two of this act shall not affect the 30 repeal of such paragraph and shall expire and be deemed repealed there- 31 with; provided further that the amendments to subdivision 6 of section 32 355 of the education law made by section three of this act shall not 33 affect the expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire 34 therewith.