Bill Text: NY A06691 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6691 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits trustees and members of a board of education from voting on matters before the board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member who is either employed by the board of education or school district or who would be financially impacted by such vote.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A06691 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06691-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6691
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, ABINANTI, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting trustees
          and members of a board of education from voting on matters before  the
          board which affect a family member of the trustee or board member
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  2104
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2104. Voting by trustees and members of board of education. No trus-
     4  tee  or  member  of a board of education shall vote on any matter before
     5  the board when such vote shall affect a person who  is  related  to  the
     6  trustee  or member and such person is employed by the board of education
     7  or school district or would be financially impacted by such vote.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07565-01-9