Bill Text: NY S05634 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires colleges, universities, and schools of higher education to file a verified notification form and certificate of security information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S05634 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05634-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5634
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  mandatory  filing
         of  a  verified notification form and certificate of security informa-
         tion by colleges, universities, and schools of higher education
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  719.  MANDATORY  FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION.  1.
    4  PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF NEW  YORK
    5  OR  ANY  OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, ANY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER
    6  INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION  OR  VOCATIONAL  LEARNING  SHALL
    7  FILE WITH THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, A NOTIFICATION FORM, VERI-
    8  FIED  BY  THE  PRESIDENT OR HIGHEST DESIGNATED OFFICIAL OF SUCH COLLEGE,
    9  UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER  EDUCATION  OR  VOCA-
   10  TIONAL LEARNING, AFFIRMING THAT SUCH COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER INSTI-
   11  TUTE  OR  SCHOOL  OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING HAS FILED A
   12  CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF  INVESTI-
   13  GATION, THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE DIVISION OF
   14  THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE. THE FILING OF SUCH VERIFIED NOTIFICATION FORM
   15  SHALL  INCLUDE  A  COPY  OF  THE  CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION SO
   16  FILED.
   17    2. PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF  NEW
   18  YORK  OR  ANY  OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, ANY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR
   19  OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER  EDUCATION  OR  VOCATIONAL  LEARNING
   20  SHALL FILE WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, THE FEDERAL DEPART-
   21  MENT  OF  HOMELAND  SECURITY,  AND  THE  DIVISION  OF THE NEW YORK STATE
   22  POLICE, A CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION, VERIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT
   23  OR HIGHEST DESIGNATED OFFICIAL OF SUCH  COLLEGE,  UNIVERSITY,  OR  OTHER
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11291-01-3
       S. 5634                             2
    1  INSTITUTE  OR  SCHOOL  OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING, WHICH
    2  PROVIDES THE  NAME;  CURRENT  STREET  ADDRESS;  CURRENT  EMAIL  ADDRESS;
    3  CURRENT  TELEPHONE  NUMBER;  NATION  OF  ORIGIN; ALL COURSES ENROLLED IN
    4  AND/OR  REGISTERED  FOR;  AND  THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR TAXPAYER ID
    5  NUMBER OR  FEDERAL  IMMIGRATION  DOCUMENTATION  INFORMATION,  FOR  EVERY
    6  STUDENT  REGISTERED,  ATTENDING OR AUDITING SUCH COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR
    7  OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING WHO
    8  IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL  BE  FILED
    9  WITH  THE  FEDERAL  BUREAU  OF  INVESTIGATION, THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
   10  HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE DIVISION OF THE NEW YORK STATE  POLICE  PRIOR
   11  TO  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF EACH ACADEMIC SEMESTER, OR PROVISION OF EDUCA-
   12  TIONAL SERVICES.
   13    3. ANY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER  INSTITUTE  OR  SCHOOL  OF  HIGHER
   14  EDUCATION  OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING THAT FAILS TO FILE THE NOTIFICATION OF
   15  FILING AND CERTIFICATE OF SECURITY INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT
   16  OF THE ACADEMIC  SEMESTER  OR  PROVISION  OF  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  AS
   17  PROVIDED  BY  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE  AND  TWO  OF THIS SECTION, AND THAT HAS
   18  RECEIVED ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR  ANY  OF
   19  ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A CIVIL PENALTY OF UP TO
   20  THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SO RECEIVED.
   21    4.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR
   22  OTHER INSTITUTE OR SCHOOL OF HIGHER EDUCATION  OR  VOCATIONAL  LEARNING"
   23  SHALL INCLUDE:
   24    A. ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY;
   25    B.  ANY  PROFESSIONAL,  TECHNICAL,  OR  VOCATIONAL  SCHOOL, ACADEMY OR
   26  INSTITUTE; OR
   27    C. ANY OTHER SCHOOL, ACADEMY, INSTITUTE, OR PROGRAM, UPON THE  CONCLU-
   28  SION  OF  WHICH  THE  STUDENT  SHALL  BE AWARDED A DIPLOMA, CERTIFICATE,
   29  LICENSE, PERMIT, OR REGISTRATION.
   30    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.