Bill Text: NY A08438 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and the city university of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A08438 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A08438-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8438 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 17, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the state university and city university 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 268 of the laws of 2011, 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 eighteen members, fifteen of whom shall be appointed by the governor 7 with the advice and consent of the senate, one of whom shall be the 8 president of the student assembly of the state university, ex-officio 9 and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the university faculty 10 senate, ex-officio and non-voting, and one of whom shall be the presi- 11 dent of the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio and non- 12 voting; provided that no such members, with the exception of ex-officio 13 members and classified civil service employees, shall be the employee 14 of, or under the supervision of, the governor. Such ex-officio members 15 shall be subject to every provision of any general, special, or local 16 law, ordinance, charter, code, rule, or regulation applying to the 17 voting members of such board with respect to the discharge of their 18 duties, including, but not limited to, those provisions setting forth 19 codes of ethics, disclosure requirements, and prohibiting business and 20 professional activities. One member of the board shall be designated by 21 the governor as chairperson and one as vice-chairperson. Of the members 22 first appointed, two shall be appointed for a term which shall expire on 23 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-two; one for a term which shall 24 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-three; two for a term 25 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13107-02-1A. 8438 2 1 for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 2 fifty-five; two for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nine- 3 teen hundred fifty-six; one for a term which shall expire on June thir- 4 tieth, nineteen hundred fifty-seven; two for a term which shall expire 5 on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-eight; one for a term which 6 shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine; two for a 7 term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty; and 8 one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 9 sixty-one. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same 10 manner as original appointments. The term of office of each trustee 11 appointed on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall be 12 seven years, except those of the student member and the faculty members. 13 Trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be 14 reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them 15 in the performance of their duties under this article. 16 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 6204 of the education 17 law, as added by chapter 305 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 (a) The board of trustees shall consist of seventeen trustees. Ten of 20 the trustees shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and 21 consent of the senate; provided that no such trustee, with the exception 22 of ex-officio members and classified civil service employees, shall be 23 an employee of, or under the supervision of, the governor. Five of the 24 trustees shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of New York with 25 the advice and consent of the senate; provided that no such trustee, 26 with the exception of ex-officio members and classified civil service 27 employees of the city of New York, shall be an employee of, or under the 28 supervision of, the mayor of the city of New York. One ex-officio trus- 29 tee shall be the chairperson of the university student senate. One 30 ex-officio non-voting trustee shall be the chairperson of the university 31 faculty senate. 32 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the 33 state university of New York and the city university of New York trus- 34 tees appointed on or after such effective date.
