Assembly Bill A4492

2015-2016 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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2015-A4492 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง90, State L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3867
2011-2012: A4563
2013-2014: A4252
2017-2018: A3155
2019-2020: A4982

2015-A4492 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A4492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4492

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, McKEVITT, FINCH -- 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 90 to read
as follows:
  S 90. 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.
                                                           LBD07021-01-5

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