Assembly Bill A4982

2019-2020 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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2019-A4982 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Add §92, State L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3867
2011-2012: A4563
2013-2014: A4252
2015-2016: A4492
2017-2018: A3155

2019-A4982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-A4982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4982
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, FINCH, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A.  MORINELLO -- 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 92 to read
 as follows:
   §  92. 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  OF
 EACH  YEAR. 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.
                                                            LBD07863-01-9

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