Assembly Bill A10387

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission

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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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2021-A10387 - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §295-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3301

2021-A10387 - Summary

Establishes the 13 member New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission to develop policies to improve the community, economic and social well-being, and the health and educational needs important to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state; to develop and coordinate statewide programs, recognizing the continuing contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals in the state; to create and implement public education campaigns regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander issues and culture; to increase the awareness among Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals of state and local resources that may benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals and communities as a whole

2021-A10387 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10387
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the New
   York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 295-a
 to read as follows:
   § 295-A. NEW YORK ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER  COMMISSION.  1.
 (A)  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DIVISION THE NEW YORK ASIAN
 AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION  SHALL  CONSIST
 OF  TWENTY-SEVEN MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVE OF ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLAN-
 DER COMMUNITIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE BANGLADESHI, CAMBODI-
 AN, CHINESE, INDIAN,  HMONG,  INDONESIAN,  FILIPINO,  JAPANESE,  KOREAN,
 LAOTIAN,  MALAYSIAN,  MONGOLIAN,  PAKISTANI,  SINGAPOREAN,  SRI  LANKAN,
 TAIWANESE, THAI, AND VIETNAMESE COMMUNITIES.  SUCH  MEMBERS  SHALL  HAVE
 EXPERIENCE  ADVOCATING  ON  BEHALF  OF  THEIR  COMMUNITY,  AND  SHALL BE
 APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
   (1) FIFTEEN MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;
   (2) SIX MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF  THE
 SENATE; AND
   (3)  SIX  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
   (B) EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION SHALL SERVE A TERM OF  THREE  YEARS,
 EXCEPT  THAT  IN  MAKING  THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION, NINE
 MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SERVE FOR ONE YEAR, NINE  FOR  TWO  YEARS,
 AND NINE FOR THREE YEARS. EACH APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL ALLOCATE THEIR
 RESPECTIVE  APPOINTMENTS EQUALLY BETWEEN THE THREE TERMS OF SERVICE. THE
 MEMBERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT AND SHALL SERVE UNTIL  THEIR
 SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED, AND THE TERM OF THE SUCCESSOR OF
 ANY  INCUMBENT  SHALL  BE  CALCULATED FROM THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF
 THAT INCUMBENT. A VACANCY OCCURRING OTHER THAN  BY  EXPIRATION  OF  TERM
 SHALL  BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT, BUT FOR
 THE UNEXPIRED TERM ONLY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-A10387A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §295-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3301

2021-A10387A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the 13 member New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission to develop policies to improve the community, economic and social well-being, and the health and educational needs important to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state; to develop and coordinate statewide programs, recognizing the continuing contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals in the state; to create and implement public education campaigns regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander issues and culture; to increase the awareness among Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals of state and local resources that may benefit Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals and communities as a whole

2021-A10387A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10387--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) --
   read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the New
   York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 295-a
 to read as follows:
   § 295-A. NEW YORK ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER  COMMISSION.  1.
 (A)  THERE  IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DIVISION THE NEW YORK ASIAN
 AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION  SHALL  CONSIST
 OF  THIRTEEN MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVE OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLAN-
 DER COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: THE  BANGLADE-
 SHI, BHUTANESE, CAMBODIAN, CHINESE, FILIPINO, HMONG, INDIAN, INDONESIAN,
 JAPANESE,  KOREAN,  LAOTIAN,  MALAYSIAN, MONGOLIAN, NEPALESE, PAKISTANI,
 SINGAPOREAN, SRI LANKAN, TAIWANESE, THAI,  AND  VIETNAMESE  COMMUNITIES.
 SUCH  MEMBERS SHALL HAVE EXPERIENCE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THEIR COMMU-
 NITY, AND SHALL BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:
   (1) SEVEN MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR;
   (2) THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE; AND
   (3) THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SERVE AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
   (B)  EACH  MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION SHALL SERVE A TERM OF THREE YEARS,
 EXCEPT THAT IN MAKING THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS  TO  THE  COMMISSION,  FOUR
 MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED TO SERVE FOR ONE YEAR, FOUR FOR TWO YEARS,
 AND FIVE FOR THREE YEARS. THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS MADE BY  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE AND SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL BE ALLOCATED
 EQUALLY BETWEEN THE THREE TERMS OF SERVICE.  THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS MADE
 BY THE GOVERNOR SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE  APPOINTED  TO
 SERVE  FOR  ONE  YEAR,  TWO  MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SERVE FOR TWO
 YEARS, AND THREE MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED TO SERVE  FOR  THREE  YEARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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