Assembly Bill A3155

2017-2018 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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2017-A3155 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Add §91, State L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3867
2011-2012: A4563
2013-2014: A4252
2015-2016: A4492
2019-2020: A4982

2017-A3155 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A3155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3155
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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 91 to read
 as follows:
   § 91. 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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD06842-01-7

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