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                                  3473--A
     Cal. No. 515
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to
   the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 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 APPOINTED BY  THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL
 ALSO  BE  A  PAID EMPLOYEE SERVING AT THE PLEASURE 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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 thirti-
 eth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one for a term which shall  expire  on
 June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term which shall
 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six;  one  for  a  term
 which  shall expire on June thirtieth, 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, nine-
 teen hundred fifty-nine; two for a term which shall expire on June thir-
 tieth, 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, nine-
 teen 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 APPOINTED BY THE
 GOVERNOR SHALL ALSO BE A PAID EMPLOYEE SERVING AT THE  PLEASURE  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  APPOINTED  BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 SHALL BE A PAID EMPLOYEE SERVING AT THE PLEASURE OF  THE  MAYOR  OF  THE
 CITY  OF  NEW YORK.   One ex-officio trustee 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.