Bill Text: NY S06539 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to higher education research foundations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S06539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06539-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6539
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 1, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to high-
          er education research foundations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 1413 to read as follows:
     3  § 1413. Higher education research foundations.
     4      (a)  For  the  purposes  of this section, the term "higher education
     5    research foundation" shall mean a not-for-profit corporation,  company
     6    or  partnership  closely  affiliated  with the state university of New
     7    York and whose purposes are  essentially  to  support,  supplement  or
     8    extend  the functions and programs of such state university, including
     9    without limitation the Research Foundation of the state university  of
    10    New York and its affiliated entities.
    11      (b)  Civil  service  status  of  employees. Any employee of a higher
    12    education research foundation shall be deemed to be in the  classified
    13    civil service or the unclassified civil service as provided for in the
    14    civil  service law and shall be subject to the provisions of the civil
    15    service law in the same manner as an employee of a department or agen-
    16    cy of the state.
    17    § 2. The state civil service commission may prescribe rules and  regu-
    18  lations  to  define  permanent  employees of a higher education research
    19  foundation as defined in section 1413 of the not-for-profit  corporation
    20  law, as added by section one of this act.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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