Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
Sep 08, 2021 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7367
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S7367 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §233-d, Ed L; amd §19.03, Pks & Rec L
2021-S7367 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7367 SPONSOR: KENNEDY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law and the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to establishing the Frederick Douglass heritage trail commission PURPOSE: This legislation amends the education law and the parks, recreation and historic preservation law to establish within the Education Department the Frederick Douglas Heritage Trail Commission. The Commission shall conduct a study which will include, but not be limited to, documenting the history of Frederick Douglass' travel within the state, including: identifying sites most likely to be eligible for inclusion on the national or state registers of historic places; providing for the historic research and compilation of contemporaneous reports and records necessary to document the sites in New York state where Douglass stayed or gave speeches, as well as individuals and organizations who he met with in his travels; and developing cultural and historic guidebooks,
2021-S7367 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7367 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 8, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law and the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to establishing the Frederick Douglass heritage trail commission THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 233-d to read as follows: § 233-D. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HERITAGE TRAIL COMMISSION. 1. A. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS HERITAGE TRAIL COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF TWELVE MEMBERS REPRE- SENTATIVE OF ACADEMIC OR PUBLIC HISTORIANS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, TO BE APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS: I. THREE MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR; II. THREE MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS; III. TWO MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE; IV. ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE; V. TWO MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY; AND VI. ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY. IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING STATE OFFICERS, OR THEIR DESIGNEES, SHALL SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION: THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, THE HEAD OF THE STATE MUSEUM, THE HEAD OF THE STATE ARCHIVES, THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF STATE HISTORY, THE COMMISSIONER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE HEAD OF THE STATE TOURISM ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND THE COMMISSIONER OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. B. THE COMMISSION SHALL BEGIN FUNCTIONING UPON THE APPOINTMENT OF A MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS. THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE CHOSEN BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. COMMISSION MEMBERS, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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