Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 24, 2016 |
print number 19b |
Feb 24, 2016 |
amend and recommit to investigations and government operations |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
May 13, 2015 |
print number 19a |
May 13, 2015 |
amend (t) and recommit to investigations and government operations |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S19B
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S19 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5379
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§359 & 6233, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S5797
2013-2014: S2224, A7554
2017-2018: S2214, A5929
2019-2020: S6275, A4367
2021-2022: S3540, A9617
2023-2024: S6863, A9570
2015-S19 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S19 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to the disclosure of agency records; and to amend the education law, in relation to guidelines for foundations of state-operated and city-operated campuses PURPOSE : Expands the definition of agencies that are required to make documents available to the public under the Freedom of Information Law. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends subdivision three of section eighty-six of the Public Officers Law (the Freedom of Information Law, of FOIL). Adds to the definition of the term "agency" certain types of corporations, foundations and associations that are created by, controlled by or affiliated with a state agency including but not limited to SUNY and CUNY amends section 355 of the education law by adding new paragraphs (a) and (b). JUSTIFICATION : The Freedom of Information Law has played a crucial role in opening up the operations of government agencies to public discussion and reporting. This has increased accountability and responsiveness of
2015-S19 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 19 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the disclosure of agency records; and to amend the education law, in relation to guidelines for foundations of state-operated and city-operated campus- es THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 3. (A) "Agency" means any state or municipal department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corpo- ration, council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state or any one or more municipalities thereof, except the judiciary or the state legislature. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, "AGENCY" SHALL INCLUDE THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, FOUNDATIONS AND AUXILIARY SERVICE CORPORATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND NOT- FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATIONS CREATED OR CONTROLLED BY ANY PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND THE CORPORATIONS IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FIFTY-THREE-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE STATUTORY COLLEGES AND CONTRACT COLLEGES AT ALFRED AND CORNELL OR ANY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OR CLINICAL PRACTICE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH A PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law, is amended by adding two new paragraphs (o) and (p) to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00957-01-5
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S19A - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5379
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§359 & 6233, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S5797
2013-2014: S2224, A7554
2017-2018: S2214, A5929
2019-2020: S6275, A4367
2021-2022: S3540, A9617
2023-2024: S6863, A9570
2015-S19A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S19A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to reporting requirements of the state university of New York and city university of New York PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to require the State and City universities of New York to produce an annual report to be published online which would disclose their financial records, including vendors, employees and general accounting information for any research foundations which are owned and operated by public colleges and community colleges. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends section 359 of the education law, adding subdivision 6 requiring the State University of New York to produce an annual report regarding their financial information. Amends section 6233 of the education law requiring the City University of New York to produce the same report. Adds a section defining exemptions that we do not have to be included in disclosure reports. JUSTIFICATION: The Freedom of Information Law has played a crucial role in opening up
2015-S19A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 19--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, AVELLA, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reporting requirements of the state university of New York and city university of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 359 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL REQUIRE, ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR, AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, AND AN ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS' AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES' CAMPUS FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, IN A STANDARDIZED FORMAT DEVELOPED BY THE CHAN- CELLOR. THE ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE POSTED PUBLICLY ON THE WEBSITE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN A MACHINE READABLE FORMAT BY NOVEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: A. FINANCIAL REPORTS, INCLUDING: AUDITED FINANCIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND FOLLOWING GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AND ANY LONG-TERM LIABILITIES; B. THE TOTAL NUMBER, AMOUNT, AND IDENTIFYING VENDOR INFORMATION OF ALL CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES; AND C. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES BY DEPARTMENT AND JOB LOCATION AND AMOUNT SPENT ON PERSONNEL BY DEPARTMENT AND JOB LOCATION WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE SALARIES, EMPLOYEE JOB TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S19B (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5379
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§359 & 6233, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S5797
2013-2014: S2224, A7554
2017-2018: S2214, A5929
2019-2020: S6275, A4367
2021-2022: S3540, A9617
2023-2024: S6863, A9570
2015-S19B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S19B TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to reporting requirements of the state university of New York and city university of New York PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is to require the State and City universities of New York to produce an annual report to be published online which would disclose their financial records, including vendors, employees and general accounting information for any research foundations which are owned and operated by public colleges and community colleges. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends section 359 of the education law, adding subdivision 6 requiring the State University of New York to produce an annual report regarding their financial information. Amends section 6233 of the education law requiring the City University of New York to produce the same report. Adds a section defining exemptions that we do not have to be included in disclosure reports. JUSTIFICATION : The Freedom of Information Law has played a crucial role in opening up
2015-S19B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 19--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, AVELLA, RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to reporting requirements of the state university of New York and city university of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 359 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. THE TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL REQUIRE, ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR, AN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, AND AN ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE-OPERATED INSTITUTIONS' AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES' CAMPUS FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, IN A STANDARDIZED FORMAT DEVELOPED BY THE CHAN- CELLOR. THE ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE POSTED PUBLICLY ON THE WEBSITE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN A MACHINE READABLE FORMAT BY NOVEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR. THE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: A. FINANCIAL REPORTS, INCLUDING: AUDITED FINANCIALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND FOLLOWING GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AND ANY LONG-TERM LIABILITIES; B. THE TOTAL NUMBER, AMOUNT, AND IDENTIFYING VENDOR INFORMATION OF ALL CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES; AND C. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES BY DEPARTMENT AND JOB LOCATION AND AMOUNT SPENT ON PERSONNEL BY DEPARTMENT AND JOB LOCATION WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE SALARIES, EMPLOYEE JOB TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
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