Bill Text: NY S07725 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7725 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to state appropriations to the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S07725 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07725-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7725
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 3, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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  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.  Clause (iii) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivi-
    2  sion 2 of section 355 of the education law, as amended by chapter 260 of
    3  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (iii) The state shall appropriate annually and make available  general
    5  fund operating support, including fringe benefits, for the state univer-
    6  sity  in an amount not less than the amount appropriated and made avail-
    7  able to the state university in state fiscal year two thousand  eleven--
    8  two  thousand  twelve.  Beginning  in  state  fiscal  year  two thousand
    9  twelve-two thousand thirteen and thereafter, the state shall appropriate
   10  and make available general  fund  operating  support,  including  fringe
   11  benefits,  for  the  state  university  AND  THE STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH
   12  SCIENCE CENTERS in an amount not less than the amount  appropriated  and
   13  made  available  in the prior state fiscal year; provided, however, that
   14  if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such emer-
   15  gency to the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assem-
   16  bly, state support for operating expenses at the  state  university  and
   17  city university may be reduced in a manner proportionate to one another,
   18  and the aforementioned provisions shall not apply.
   19    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect April 1, 2015; provided that the
   20  amendments to subparagraph 4 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of  section
   21  355  of  the  education  law,  made by section one of this act shall not
   22  affect the expiration of such subparagraph and shall be deemed to expire
   23  therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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