§ 6302. Authorization to establish community colleges. 1. Any local
sponsor, other than a community college region, acting through its local
legislative body or board, or other appropriate governing agency, which
in the case of the city of New York acting as a local sponsor shall be
the mayor of that city, may by local law, resolution, order or
ordinance, and pursuant to the master plan, standards and regulations
prescribed by the state university trustees and with the approval of
said trustees:

a. Establish a community college.

b. Elect to participate in and pay an appropriate share of the
expenses involved in the community college program of any other local
sponsor consenting to such arrangement.

c. Combine with one or more other local sponsors for the joint
establishment and operation of a community college.

2. Pursuant to section sixty-three hundred ten of this article, any
eligible county, city or school district acting through its local
legislative body or board, may by local law or resolution, and pursuant
to the master plan, standards and regulations prescribed by the state
university trustees, and with the approval of said trustees, combine
with one or more contiguous counties, cities or school districts, or any
combination thereof, to constitute a community college region for the
purpose of operating, as local sponsor, an existing community college
which is currently sponsored by a city or school district other than a
school district located in a city with a population of one million or
more.

3. In the city of New York, the board of education, with the approval
of the state university trustees, may act as a local sponsor in the
establishment and operation, as a community college, of a post secondary
technical vocational training institution which is partly supported by
such board of education and partly supported by an educational
foundation for an industry chartered by the board of regents. In
addition to the community college programs and curricula authorized by
this article, the institution may offer such baccalaureate, masters
degree programs and curricula in support of its mission, in accordance
with standards and regulations prescribed by the state university
trustees, as may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of the master
plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the institution shall
be financed and administered in the manner provided for community
colleges.

4. Community colleges so established and operated shall be eligible to
receive financial assistance from the state as hereinafter provided,
which shall be paid to the local sponsor or sponsors, provided, however,
that in the case of any local sponsor which shall have assigned such
financial assistance to the dormitory authority, such payment shall be
made to the commissioner of taxation and finance for deposit in the
community college tuition and instructional income fund.

5. Whenever a plan for a community college, other than a plan for
participation in a community college region, shall have been formulated
by a county board of supervisors and approved as provided in this
section, the board of supervisors may submit the question of the
establishment of the community college contemplated by such plan to a
referendum at any general election at which all the voters of the county
may vote. The form of the proposition shall be determined by the board
of supervisors and shall include an estimate of the county's share of
the initial capital cost and an estimate of the county's share of the
annual cost of maintenance and operation. If the majority of the voters
voting on such proposition shall approve the establishment of the
community college, such college shall be deemed established and the
board of supervisors shall proceed forthwith to exercise the powers and
authority conferred upon it in this article.

6. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, community colleges
established under this article shall have the authority to:

(i) Determine that the bidder on a contract for the purchase of
apparel or sports equipment is not an acceptable bidder based on either
of the following considerations:

(A) the labor standards applicable to the manufacture of the apparel
or sports equipment, including but not limited to employee compensation,
working conditions, employee rights to form unions, and the use of child
labor, or

(B) the bidder's failure to provide information sufficient for the
state agency or corporation to determine the labor conditions applicable
to the manufacture of the apparel or sports equipment.

(ii) Include in the internal policies and procedures governing
procurement of apparel a prohibition against the purchase of apparel or
sports equipment from any vendor based upon either or both of the
following considerations:

(A) the labor standards applicable to the manufacture of the apparel
or sports equipment, including but not limited to employee compensation,
working conditions, employee rights to form unions, and the use of child
labor; or

(B) the bidder's failure to provide sufficient information for said
state agencies to determine the labor standards applicable to the
manufacture of the apparel or sports equipment.

b. For the purposes of this subdivision the term:

(i) "apparel" shall mean goods, such as, but not limited to, sports
uniforms, including gym uniforms, required school uniforms, shoes,
including, but not limited to, athletic shoes or sneakers, sweatshirts,
caps, hats, and other clothing, whether or not imprinted with a school's
name or logo, academic regalia, lab coats and staff uniforms; and

(ii) "sports equipment" shall mean equipment, such as, but not limited
to, balls, bats and other goods intended for use by those participating
in sports and games.