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                                   9641
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend part U of chapter 57 of the laws of  2005  amending  the
   labor  law  and  other  laws relating to implementing the state fiscal
   plan for the 2005-2006 state fiscal year, in relation to the New  York
   state higher education capital matching grant board

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of part U of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2005
 amending the labor law and other laws relating to implementing the state
 fiscal plan for the 2005-2006 state fiscal year, as amended by section 1
 of  part D of chapter 63 of the laws of 2005, is amended by adding a new
 paragraph (b-1) to read as follows:
   (B-1) WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  THEREFOR,  THE  BOARD  IS  HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO AWARD MATCHING CAPITAL GRANTS TOTALING TWO
 MILLION DOLLARS FOR PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT, MODIFY, OR OTHERWISE  ENHANCE
 CYBER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PUBLIC COLLEGE SECTOR AND THE COLLEGE
 SECTOR  SHALL  EACH BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANTS TOTALING NOT MORE THAN
 ONE MILLION DOLLARS. EACH PUBLIC COLLEGE AND COLLEGE SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE
 FOR  A  GRANT  AWARD  AMOUNT  AS  DETERMINED BY CALCULATIONS PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION, SUCH PUBLIC COLLEGES  AND
 COLLEGES  SHALL  BE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (H-1) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of part U of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005  amend-
 ing  the  labor  law  and  other laws relating to implementing the state
 fiscal plan for the 2005-2006 state fiscal year, as amended by section 1
 of part D of chapter 63 of the laws of 2005, is amended by adding a  new
 paragraph (h-1) to read as follows:
   (H-1)  IF  A  PUBLIC  COLLEGE OR COLLEGE DOES NOT APPLY FOR A GRANT BY
 MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH
 POTENTIAL GRANT SHALL BE AWARDED,  ON  A  COMPETITIVE  BASIS,  TO  OTHER
 PUBLIC  COLLEGES OR COLLEGES. PUBLIC COLLEGES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
 FOR UNUTILIZED PUBLIC COLLEGE GRANTS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS AND
 COLLEGES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR UNUTILIZED COLLEGE  GRANTS.  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD13503-03-1
 A. 9641                             2
 
 DORMITORY  AUTHORITY  SHALL DEVELOP A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND APPLICA-
 TION PROCESS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD, FOR SUCH GRANTS AND  SHALL
 DEVELOP  CRITERIA,  SUBJECT  TO REVIEW BY THE BOARD, FOR THE AWARDING OF
 SUCH  GRANTS.  SUCH  CRITERIA  SHALL  INCORPORATE  THE MATCHING CRITERIA
 CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AND  THE  APPLICATION
 CRITERIA  SET  FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE DORMITORY
 AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE ALL APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST  FOR
 PROPOSALS  TO BE SUBMITTED BY SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE,
 AND THE BOARD SHALL ACT ON EACH APPLICATION FOR SUCH MATCHING GRANTS  BY
 NOVEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.