Bill Text: NY S03425 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3425 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S03425 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03425-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3425
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, the education law  and  the  economic
          development law, in relation to establishing an international division
          within the department of state
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 92 of the  executive  law  is  amended  and  a  new
     2  section 110 is added to read as follows:
     3    § 92. Deputies. The secretary of state shall appoint a deputy, who may
     4  perform  all the duties of the secretary of state. Any such deputy shall
     5  receive an annual salary to be fixed by the secretary  of  state  within
     6  the  amount  appropriated  therefor.  The  secretary  of  state may also
     7  appoint and fix the compensation of such other deputies, assistants  and
     8  employees as he or she shall deem necessary, and including a director of
     9  the international division, as established by section one hundred ten of
    10  this  article,  within  the  amount  appropriated therefor and prescribe
    11  their powers and duties.
    12    § 110. International division. 1. There  is  established  an  interna-
    13  tional  division  within the department of state. The secretary of state
    14  shall provide for the establishment and operation of such division,  and
    15  shall appoint a director to supervise the operation of such division and
    16  its employees.
    17    2.  The  international  division shall solicit, establish and maintain
    18  sister state relationships between the state of New York and  states  in
    19  other  countries.  For each of this state's international sister states,
    20  the international division shall act as the conduit between the governor
    21  and the chief executive officer of each sister state.
    22    3. The international sister state program shall, in  cooperation  with
    23  the  department of economic development for the purposes of implementing
    24  article ten of the economic development law, establish an active network
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06626-01-7

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     1  to operate a clearinghouse for information resources between this  state
     2  and each sister state. The network shall be designed to promote interna-
     3  tional exchanges of commerce, education and culture.
     4    4.  The  international  division  shall assist and work in cooperation
     5  with the international program of the state university of  New  York  to
     6  establish,  facilitate and maintain the exchange of students and faculty
     7  of the colleges and  universities  of  the  state  university  with  the
     8  colleges and universities of sister states.
     9    5. The international division may establish international sister state
    10  relationships  upon its own initiative or upon request of any individual
    11  or entity.
    12    § 2. Section 355 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    13  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    14    20.  The  state university trustees shall work in cooperation with the
    15  international division of the department of state to establish,  facili-
    16  tate and maintain the exchange of students and faculty of state-operated
    17  institutions  with  colleges  and  universities  of  the  state's sister
    18  states.
    19    § 3. The economic development law is amended by adding a  new  section
    20  226 to read as follows:
    21    § 226. Cooperation with international division. The provisions of this
    22  article  shall  be implemented by the commissioner and the department in
    23  consultation and cooperation with  the  international  division  of  the
    24  department of state.
    25    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.