Assembly Bill A4563

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Sets forth procedure by which commissioner of education can designate official state book for period of one year

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4563 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง88, State L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3867
2013-2014: A4252
2015-2016: A4492
2017-2018: A3155
2019-2020: A4982

2011-A4563 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Sets forth procedure by which commissioner of education can designate official state book for period of one year.

2011-A4563 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4563

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RAIA, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BURLING -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
  Operations

AN  ACT  to amend the state law, in relation to designating the official
  state book

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 89 to read
as follows:
  S  89. STATE BOOK. EACH YEAR PRIOR TO MAY FIRST, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT
IN THE STATE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER OF  EDUCATION  ITS  CHOICE
FOR  THE  STATE BOOK FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, SUCH SELECTION BEING MADE
ACCORDING  TO  STANDARDS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER.  FROM  SUCH
SUBMISSIONS  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SELECT ONE BOOK TO BE DESIGNATED THE
NEW YORK STATE BOOK FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR COMMENCING JUNE FIRST.  THE
SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SUBMITTING  THE  BOOK  SO DESIGNATED AS THE STATE BOOK
SHALL RECEIVE SUCH SALUTATIONS AND  COMMENDATIONS  AS  THE  COMMISSIONER
SHALL DETERMINE.
  ON  OR BEFORE JUNE FIRST OF EACH YEAR THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IS
DIRECTED TO FORWARD HIS OR HER SELECTION OF THE STATE BOOK FOR THE ENSU-
ING YEAR TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE
SENATE, SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE  MEMBERS  OF
THE  DELEGATION TO THE LEGISLATURE COMPRISING THE DISTRICTS OF WHICH THE
PREVAILING SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IS  A  PART.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, DURING THE FIRST YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE BOOK "ROBERT'S TALL FRIEND" AUTHORED BY VIRGI-
NIA HARRIS SHALL BE DESIGNATED THE STATE BOOK.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06613-01-1

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