Bill Text: NY S03190 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3190 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY; prohibits trustees from being employees of the appointing authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03190-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         3190
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee 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; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH MEMBER, EXCEPT
   11  THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY OF THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OR  ANY
   12  CLASSIFIED  CIVIL  SERVICE  EMPLOYEE, SHALL BE THE EMPLOYEE OF, OR UNDER
   13  THE SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR, and one of whom shall be the president
   14  of the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio and non-voting.
   15  Such ex-officio members shall be  subject  to  every  provision  of  any
   16  general, special, or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule, or regu-
   17  lation  applying to the voting members of such board with respect to the
   18  discharge  of  their  duties,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  those
   19  provisions  setting  forth codes of ethics, disclosure requirements, and
   20  prohibiting business and professional  activities.  One  member  of  the
   21  board  shall  be  designated  by  the governor as chairperson and one as
   22  vice-chairperson. Of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed
   23  for a term which  shall  expire  on  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
   24  fifty-two; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen
   25  hundred  fifty-three;  two for a term which shall expire on June thirti-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04935-01-5
       S. 3190                             2
    1  eth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one for a term which shall  expire  on
    2  June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term which shall
    3  expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six;  one  for  a  term
    4  which  shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-seven; two
    5  for a term which  shall  expire  on  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
    6  fifty-eight;  one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nine-
    7  teen hundred fifty-nine; two for a term which shall expire on June thir-
    8  tieth, nineteen hundred sixty; and one for a term which shall expire  on
    9  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred sixty-one. Vacancies shall be filled
   10  for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.  The
   11  term  of office of each trustee appointed on or after April first, nine-
   12  teen hundred eighty-six shall  be  seven  years,  except  those  of  the
   13  student  member  and  the  faculty  members.  Trustees  shall receive no
   14  compensation for their  services  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their
   15  expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of
   16  their duties under this article.
   17    S  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  2 of section 6204 of the education
   18  law, as added by chapter 305 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read  as
   19  follows:
   20    (a)  The board of trustees shall consist of seventeen trustees. Ten of
   21  the trustees shall be appointed by the  governor  with  the  advice  and
   22  consent of the senate; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH TRUSTEE, EXCEPT ANY CLASSI-
   23  FIED  CIVIL  SERVICE  EMPLOYEE,  SHALL  BE  AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR UNDER THE
   24  SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR.  Five of the trustees shall  be  appointed
   25  by  the mayor of the city of New York with the advice and consent of the
   26  senate; PROVIDED THAT NO  SUCH  TRUSTEE,  EXCEPT  ANY  CLASSIFIED  CIVIL
   27  SERVICE  EMPLOYEE  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR
   28  UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.  One ex-of-
   29  ficio trustee shall be the chairperson of the university student senate.
   30  One ex-officio non-voting  trustee  shall  be  the  chairperson  of  the
   31  university faculty senate.
   32    S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to board
   33  members of the state university of New York and  trustees  of  the  city
   34  university of New York appointed on or after such effective date.