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                                   8438
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to trustees of the state
   university and city university
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  353 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 268 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  The  state  university shall be governed, and all of its corporate
 powers exercised, by a board of trustees. Such board  shall  consist  of
 eighteen  members,  fifteen  of  whom shall be appointed by the governor
 with the advice and consent of the senate, one  of  whom  shall  be  the
 president  of  the  student assembly of the state university, ex-officio
 and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the university faculty
 senate, ex-officio and non-voting, and one of whom shall be  the  presi-
 dent  of  the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio and non-
 voting; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH MEMBERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF  EX-OFFICIO
 MEMBERS  AND  CLASSIFIED  CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, SHALL BE THE EMPLOYEE
 OF, OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR. Such  ex-officio  members
 shall  be  subject  to every provision of any general, special, or local
 law, ordinance, charter, code,  rule,  or  regulation  applying  to  the
 voting  members  of  such  board  with respect to the discharge of their
 duties, including, but not limited to, those  provisions  setting  forth
 codes  of  ethics, disclosure requirements, and prohibiting business and
 professional activities. One member of the board shall be designated  by
 the  governor as chairperson and one as vice-chairperson. Of the members
 first appointed, two shall be appointed for a term which shall expire on
 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-two; one for a term  which  shall
 expire  on  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-three; two for a term
 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  fifty-four;  one
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 for  a  term  which  shall  expire  on  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 fifty-five; two for a term which shall expire on June  thirtieth,  nine-
 teen  hundred fifty-six; one for a term which shall expire on June thir-
 tieth,  nineteen  hundred fifty-seven; two for a term which shall expire
 on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-eight; one for  a  term  which
 shall  expire  on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine; two for a
 term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  sixty;  and
 one  for  a  term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 sixty-one. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the  same
 manner  as  original  appointments.  The  term of office of each trustee
 appointed on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall  be
 seven years, except those of the student member and the faculty members.
 Trustees  shall  receive no compensation for their services but shall be
 reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by  them
 in the performance of their duties under this article.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  2 of section 6204 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 305 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  The board of trustees shall consist of seventeen trustees. Ten of
 the trustees shall be appointed by the  governor  with  the  advice  and
 consent of the senate; PROVIDED THAT NO SUCH TRUSTEE, WITH THE EXCEPTION
 OF  EX-OFFICIO  MEMBERS AND CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, SHALL BE
 AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF, THE GOVERNOR.  Five of  the
 trustees  shall  be  appointed by the mayor of the city of New York with
 the advice and consent of the senate; PROVIDED  THAT  NO  SUCH  TRUSTEE,
 WITH  THE  EXCEPTION  OF EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS AND CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE
 EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL BE AN EMPLOYEE OF, OR UNDER THE
 SUPERVISION OF, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.  One ex-officio trus-
 tee shall be the chairperson  of  the  university  student  senate.  One
 ex-officio non-voting trustee shall be the chairperson of the university
 faculty senate.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
 state university of New York and the city university of New  York  trus-
 tees appointed on or after such effective date.