A01672 Summary:

BILL NOA01672A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01110-A
 
SPONSORMagnarelli (MS)
 
COSPNSROrtiz, Schimminger
 
MLTSPNSRAbbate, Aubry, Colton, Cook, Cymbrowitz, Dinowitz, Gantt, Hooper, Magee
 
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
 
Permits persons 65 years of age to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.
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A01672 Actions:

BILL NOA01672A
 
01/12/2017referred to higher education
01/03/2018referred to higher education
02/06/2018amend (t) and recommit to higher education
02/06/2018print number 1672a
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A01672 Committee Votes:

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A01672 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01672 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1672--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- Multi-Sponsored
          by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE, AUBRY, COLTON, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ,
          GANTT, HOOPER, MAGEE -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Higher  Education  -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education
          in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  persons
          over  age  sixty-five  to  enroll  in a limited number of SUNY or CUNY
          credit hours without tuition
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section
     2  355 of the education law, as separately amended by chapters 552 and  616
     3  of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or
     5  local law, rule or regulation, such regulations may permit persons sixty
     6  years of age or over to audit courses  given  therein  without  tuition,
     7  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available basis, as
     8  determined by the president of each such institution, provided that such
     9  audit  attendance  does  not  deny course attendance at a state-operated
    10  institution by an individual who is otherwise qualified under the  regu-
    11  lations  promulgated  pursuant  to  this  section.  For purposes of this
    12  section, persons sixty-five years of age or over who  are  residents  of
    13  the  state  shall be eligible to take not more than nine credit hours of
    14  courses for credit per semester without tuition.
    15    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of  the  education
    16  law,  as added by chapter 344 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
    17  follows:
    18    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other  general,  special  or
    19  local  law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00576-03-8

        A. 1672--A                          2
 
     1  sixty years of age or  over  to  audit  courses  given  therein  without
     2  tuition,  examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available
     3  basis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided
     4  that  such  audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city
     5  university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under
     6  this section.  For purposes of this section, persons sixty-five years of
     7  age or over who are residents of the state shall be eligible to take not
     8  more than nine credit hours of courses for credit per  semester  without
     9  tuition.
    10    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    11  the date on which it shall have become a law.
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