Bill Text: NY A07967 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the higher education task force on SUNY polytechnic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A07967 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07967-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7967
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 23, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN  ACT to establish the higher education task force on the viability of
          SUNY Polytechnic
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Higher education task force on the state university of New
     2  York polytechnic institute (SUNY  Polytechnic)  and  its  viability.  1.
     3  There  is  hereby  established  a  task  force to be known as the higher
     4  education task force on the viability of SUNY Polytechnic.
     5    2. This task force is hereby created to recommend to the  legislature,
     6  governor,  and  the  state university of New York trustees strategies on
     7  remaining cutting edge within the  industry,  funding  and  creation  of
     8  public-private  partnerships,  economic  development, organizational and
     9  leadership needs, as well as the fusion between academia and industry.
    10    3. The task force shall consist of nine members, of which:
    11    a. Five members shall be appointed by the governor, of which one shall
    12  be the chief  executive  officer  of  SUNY  Polytechnic,  one  shall  be
    13  appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  one shall be
    14  appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one shall be appointed by  the
    15  minority leader of the senate and one shall be appointed by the minority
    16  leader of the assembly.
    17    b.  Of  the  nine  members appointed, at least four members shall have
    18  significant experience and have demonstrated leadership in  the  private
    19  sector,  including,  but  not  limited to, experience in high technology
    20  and/or nanotechnology and venture capital.
    21    c. At least two members shall have significant experience in  academia
    22  and  research,  including  teaching  and  researching  in  the following
    23  fields:  nanoscience, nanobioscience, nanoengineering or nanoeconomics.
    24    d. At least one member shall have significant experience  and  leader-
    25  ship in government, particularly in the area of economic development.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 7967                             2
     1    e.  The  remaining  two  members  shall have experience in the private
     2  sector, academia, or government, provided that both  members  shall  not
     3  have experience in the same sector.
     4    f.  The  chair  of  the  board shall be appointed by the governor from
     5  among the private sector members, upon the advice  and  consent  of  the
     6  senate.
     7    g.  All  other  officers of the task force shall be elected from among
     8  its members by a majority vote of the task force's voting members.
     9    4. A majority of the members of the  task  force  shall  constitute  a
    10  quorum,  and  all  recommendations,  including those in the final report
    11  issued by the task force, shall require approval of  two-thirds  of  the
    12  total members of the task force.
    13    5.  The task force shall meet no less than two times a month either in
    14  person or through electronic means. The task force must meet  in  person
    15  once every three months.
    16    6.  The  task  force shall make recommendations on, but not be limited
    17  to:
    18    a. SUNY Polytechnic's fulfillment of its public purposes to furthering
    19  job creation and economic growth and advances in the field of  nanotech-
    20  nology;
    21    b. facilitating the commercialization of nanoscientific innovations in
    22  the state; and
    23    c.  developing  a  strategic  plan  for the implementation of programs
    24  aimed at:
    25    (i) working with SUNY Polytechnic to further  encourage  cutting  edge
    26  academic research in the field of nanotechnology;
    27    (ii)  facilitating  job  growth and business expansion in the field of
    28  nanotechnology; and
    29    (iii) managing and supporting the development  of  partnerships  among
    30  academia,  government and industry to further advance the field of nano-
    31  technology in the state and its various regions.
    32    7. The task force shall issue a report to  the  governor,  legislature
    33  and  state university of New York trustees no later than eighteen months
    34  after the final appointment is made to the task force. The report  shall
    35  consist of findings and recommendations required pursuant to subdivision
    36  6 of this section.
    37    8.  Members  of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
    38  services, but  shall  be  allowed  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses
    39  incurred in the performance of their functions hereunder. All members of
    40  the task force shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and vacancies
    41  shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
    42    9.  Every agency, department, office, division and public authority of
    43  this state shall cooperate with the task force and furnish such informa-
    44  tion and assistance as the task force determines is reasonably necessary
    45  to accomplish its purpose.
    46    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.