STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1798 A. 4848
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2009
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES, CAMARA -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the siting of the New
York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for nonviolence at Medgar
Evers college
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 323 of the executive law, as added
2 by chapter 513 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
3 4. To establish such divisions, programs, schools, and offices as the
4 board deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article;
5 provided that the principal offices and programs of the institute shall
6 be located at Medgar Evers college within the city university of New
7 York;
8 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 and subdivision 7 of
9 section 322 of the executive law, as added by chapter 513 of the laws of
10 1988, are amended to read as follows:
11 There is hereby created the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr.
12 institute for nonviolence. The institute shall be a public corporation
13 and its membership shall consist of thirteen members as follows: the
14 chancellor of the [state] city university of New York, the commissioner
15 of education of the state of New York, the chairperson of the New York
16 state Martin Luther King, Jr. commission, and ten members to be
17 appointed by the governor. Of the members appointed by the governor, one
18 shall be a member of the New York state senate appointed by the governor
19 on the recommendation of the majority leader, one shall be a member of
20 the New York state senate appointed by the governor on the recommenda-
21 tion of the minority leader, one shall be a member of the New York state
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 assembly appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the speaker
2 of the assembly, one shall be a member of the New York state assembly
3 appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the minority leader;
4 and six shall be members appointed by the governor, no more than three
5 of whom may be members of the same political party.
6 7. Directors other than the chancellor of the [state] city university
7 of New York and the commissioner of education of the state of New York
8 may engage in private employment, or in a profession or business. The
9 corporation, its directors, officers and employees shall be subject to
10 the provisions of sections seventy-three and seventy-four of the public
11 officers law.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
13 the date on which it shall have become a law.
