NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6948

Senate Bill S6948

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to changing the amount of members the commission consists of, the deadline for when the commission should submit reports of its findings, and extending the repeal date

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- 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 16, 2020	signed chap.22
Feb 13, 2020	delivered to governor
Feb 03, 2020	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.27 substituted for s6948
Feb 03, 2020	substituted by a8946
Jan 09, 2020	ordered to third reading cal.27
Jan 08, 2020	referred to rules
Jan 06, 2020	referred to rules

Votes

- Feb 3, 2020 - Floor Vote
  A8946
  
  42
  
  Aye
  
  17
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Feb 3, 2020
      
      aye (42)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ritchie
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (17)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Gallivan
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Liu
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Skoufis
      
      Tedisco
      
      excused (3)
      
      Amedore
      
      Breslin
      
      Metzger
  Jan 9, 2020 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6948
  
  17
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2020
      
      aye (17)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      LaValle
      
      excused (1)
      
      Seward

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8946
Law Section:: Commissions
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2, 4, 5, 6 & 7, Chap of 2019 (as proposed in S.3204 & A.7667)

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to changing the amount of members the African-American History Commission consists of, extends the deadline for when the commission should submit reports of its findings, and extends the repeal date for when the commission shall cease to exist.

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6948

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019 establishing the 400 Years
of African-American History Commission, in relation to the amount of
members of such commission, the deadline such commission shall submit
reports of its findings and to the effectiveness thereof

 
PURPOSE:  This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions
of L.2019, c.650.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This legislation amends the previous bills establishing the 400 Years of
African-American History Commission in a number of ways. The size of the
commission is increased from 13 to 15 members, with the Governor now
having seven designees, up from 3, while the two legislate leaders now
have two appointments each, as opposed to three. This gives the Execu-
tive a majority of the appointments on the commission. The time for

appointing commissioners is extended from 30 to 90 days, and the time by
which the commission's initial report is due to be delivered is moved
from October 1,2019 to October 1, 2020, while the final report is now
due June 1, 2021, instead of June 1, 2020. The commissions power to
provide grants by itself from monies appropriated for the purpose is
removed.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Pursuant to approval memo 41 of 2019, the Executive expressed concerns
about the ability of the commission to make grants on its own. In addi-
tion, they stated that the work of the commission would require them to
use a significant amount of existing agency resources, since no money
was appropriated for the workings of the commission, and since they
would be responsible for the expenditure of these resources they believe
they require overall control of the commission, which is provided by
giving the Executive the majority of the appointments. Finally, given
the late timing of the signing of the bill, the dates of the start and
end of the commission's work had to be moved back in time. This legis-
lation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter that addresses
those concerns.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Chapter amendment to Chapter 650 of the Laws of 2019.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2019 establishing the 400 Years of African-Ameri-
can History Commission, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.3204
and A.7667, takes effect.

2019-S6948 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6948
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019 establishing the 400 Years
   of African-American History Commission, in relation to the  amount  of
   members  of such commission, the deadline such commission shall submit
   reports of its findings and to the effectiveness thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Sections 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of a chapter of the laws of 2019
 establishing the 400 Years of African-American  History  Commission,  as
 proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S. 3204 and A. 7667, are amended
 to read as follows:
   § 2. (a) The commission shall consist of [thirteen]  FIFTEEN  members,
 including  the  secretary  of state, or his or her designee, the commis-
 sioner of education, or his  or  her  designee,  [three]  SEVEN  members
 appointed  by  the governor, [three] TWO members appointed by the tempo-
 rary president of the senate,  [three]  TWO  members  appointed  by  the
 speaker  of  the  assembly,  one member appointed by the senate minority
 leader, and one  member  appointed  by  the  assembly  minority  leader.
 Appointed  members  shall  include  but not be limited to historians and
 those with a background in African-American history, arts,  or  culture.
 Such  appointments  shall  be  made within [30] 90 days of the effective
 date of this act.
   (b) A vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner  in
 which the original appointment was made.
   (c) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but
 shall  be  entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses incurred
 in the performance of their duties.
   (d) The secretary of state, or his or her designee, shall serve as the
 chair and shall appoint the vice-chair of the commission.  The  presence
 of  a  majority  of the authorized membership of the commission shall be
 required for the conduct of official business.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 S                                                          LBD06194-02-9

 S. 6948                             2
 
   (e) The department of state shall  provide  technical  assistance  and
 data  to  the commission as may be necessary for the commission to carry
 out its responsibilities pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  [The  commission  may,  from  any  monies appropriated for such
 purposes, provide:
   (a) grants to communities and nonprofit organizations for the develop-
 ment of programs; and
   (b) grants  to  research  and  scholarly  organizations  to  research,
 publish,  or  distribute information relating to the arrival of Africans
 in New York and the United States.
   § 5.] The commission shall submit a report to  the  governor  and  the
 legislature  that  contains  a  summary  of  its  planned activities, an
 accounting of its received and expended  funds,  and  its  findings  and
 recommendations on or before October 1, [2019] 2020.
   § [6] 5.  The commission shall submit a report to the governor and the
 legislature  that contains a summary of its activities, a final account-
 ing of its received and expended funds, and its findings and recommenda-
 tions on or before June 1, [2021] 2022.
   § [7] 6.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  and
 be deemed repealed July 1, [2021] 2022.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 establishing the  400  Years  of
 African-American  History  Commission,  as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 3204 and A. 7667, takes effect.

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