Bill Text: NY S07259 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Clarifies that the SUNY health science centers are included in the maintenance of effort provision pursuant to chapter 260 of the laws of 2011.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-12-28 - VETOED MEMO.356 [S07259 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07259-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7259--A IN SENATE January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clauses (v) and (vi) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of 2 subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by section 3 1 of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, are amended to read as 4 follows: 5 (v) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two thou- 6 sand eighteen and ending in state fiscal year two thousand [twenty] 7 eighteen--two thousand [twenty-one] nineteen, the state shall appropri- 8 ate and make available general fund operating support, including fringe 9 benefits, for the state university in an amount not less than the amount 10 appropriated and made available in the prior state fiscal year; 11 provided, however, that if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and 12 communicates such emergency to the temporary president of the senate and 13 speaker of the assembly, state support for operating expenses at the 14 state university and city university may be reduced in a manner propor- 15 tionate to one another, and the aforementioned provisions shall not 16 apply; provided further, the state shall appropriate and make available 17 general fund support to fully fund the tuition credit pursuant to subdi- 18 vision two of section six hundred sixty-nine-h of this title. 19 (vi) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand nineteen--two thou- 20 sand twenty and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make avail- 21 able general fund operating support and fringe benefits, for the state 22 university and the state university health science centers in an amount 23 not less than the amounts separately appropriated and made available in 24 the prior state fiscal year; provided, further, the state shall appro- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03117-06-8S. 7259--A 2 1 priate and make available general fund operating support to cover all 2 mandatory costs of the state university and the state university health 3 science centers, which shall include, but not be limited to, collective 4 bargaining costs including salary increments, fringe benefits, and other 5 non-personal service costs such as utility costs, building rentals and 6 other inflationary expenses incurred by the state university and the 7 state university health science centers, and any increase in the tuition 8 credit pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this title as 9 tuition increases are enacted by the board of trustees of the state 10 university; provided, however, that if the governor declares a fiscal 11 emergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary president of 12 the senate and the speaker of the assembly, state support for operating 13 expenses at the state university and city university may be reduced in a 14 manner proportionate to one another, and the aforementioned provisions 15 shall not apply; provided further, the state shall appropriate and make 16 available general fund support to fully fund the tuition credit pursuant 17 to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-nine-h of this title. 18 (vii) For the state university fiscal years commencing two thousand 19 eleven--two thousand twelve and ending two thousand fifteen--two thou- 20 sand sixteen, each university center may set aside a portion of its 21 tuition revenues derived from tuition increases to provide increased 22 financial aid for New York state resident undergraduate students whose 23 net taxable income is eighty thousand dollars or more subject to the 24 approval of a NY-SUNY 2020 proposal by the governor and the chancellor 25 of the state university of New York. Nothing in this paragraph shall be 26 construed as to authorize that students whose net taxable income is 27 eighty thousand dollars or more are eligible for tuition assistance 28 program awards pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this 29 [chapter] title. 30 § 2. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 31 6206 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of part JJJ of chap- 32 ter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended and a new subparagraph (vi) is 33 added to read as follows: 34 (v) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two thou- 35 sand eighteen and ending in state fiscal year two thousand [twenty] 36 eighteen--two thousand [twenty-one] nineteen, the state shall appropri- 37 ate and make available general fund operating support, including fringe 38 benefits, for the city university in an amount not less than the amount 39 appropriated and made available in the prior state fiscal year; 40 provided, however, that if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and 41 communicates such emergency to the temporary president of the senate and 42 speaker of the assembly, state support for operating expenses at the 43 state university and city university may be reduced in a manner propor- 44 tionate to one another, and the aforementioned provisions shall not 45 apply; provided further, the state shall appropriate and make available 46 general fund support to fully fund the tuition credit pursuant to subdi- 47 vision two of section six hundred sixty-nine-h of this chapter. 48 (vi) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand nineteen--two thou- 49 sand twenty and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make avail- 50 able general fund operating support and fringe benefits, for the city 51 university in an amount not less than the amounts separately appropri- 52 ated and made available in the prior state fiscal year; provided, 53 further, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund 54 operating support to cover all mandatory costs of the city university, 55 which shall include, but not be limited to, collective bargaining costs 56 including salary increments, fringe benefits, and other non-personalS. 7259--A 3 1 service costs such as utility costs, building rentals and other infla- 2 tionary expenses incurred by the city university, and any increase in 3 the tuition credit pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this 4 chapter as tuition increases are enacted by the board of trustees of the 5 state university; provided, however, that if the governor declares a 6 fiscal emergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary pres- 7 ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, state support for 8 operating expenses at the state university and city university may be 9 reduced in a manner proportionate to one another, and the aforementioned 10 provisions shall not apply; provided further, the state shall appropri- 11 ate and make available general fund support to fully fund the tuition 12 credit pursuant to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-nine-h 13 of this chapter. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately provided that: 15 (a) the amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 16 of section 355 of the education law made by section one of this act 17 shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph 18 pursuant to chapter 260 of the laws of 2011, as amended, and shall 19 expire therewith; and 20 (b) the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 21 of the education law made by section two of this act shall not affect 22 the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to chapter 260 23 of the laws of 2011, as amended, and shall expire therewith.
