Bill Text: NY S07673 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "New York City Panel for Education Policy Members Public Responsibility Act" requiring a quorum of the members of the city board to attend any hearing scheduled for purposes of allowing public comment on changes to educational plans for the school district of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-13 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07673 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07673-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7673
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 13, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "New York
         city panel for education policy members public responsibility act"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
    2  city panel for education policy members public responsibility act".
    3    S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 2590-g of the education law  is  amended
    4  by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
    5    (D)(I) A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD MUST ATTEND ANY HEAR-
    6  ING  SCHEDULED  FOR  PURPOSES OF ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS AS PROVIDED IN
    7  THIS SUBDIVISION. THE CITY BOARD MAY NOT VOTE ON ANY MEASURE FOR WHICH A
    8  PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED OR SET BY THE PANEL UNLESS A  QUORUM  OF  THE
    9  MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD ATTENDED THE HEARING RELATING TO SUCH MEASURE.
   10    (II) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH:
   11    (1)  "QUORUM" MEANS ONE-HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY BOARD PLUS ONE
   12  ADDITIONAL MEMBER; AND
   13    (2) "ATTENDANCE" MEANS PERSONALLY RECORDED TO BE PRESENT IN  AN  OFFI-
   14  CIAL CAPACITY DURING AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE HEARING.
   15    S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   16  the amendments to section 2590-g of the education law  made  by  section
   17  two  of  this  act  shall  not affect the expiration of such section and
   18  shall be deemed to expire therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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