New York A 10720: Establishes incapacity to consent when a person is a witness to or subject of an investigation under certain circumstances

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A10720 Summary:

BILL NOA10720 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBurke

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §356, Ed L

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Requires state university councils to include the institution's faculty and professional staff.

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BILL NOA10720 

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03/27/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10720

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring state
 university councils to include the institution's faculty and profes-
 sional staff

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 356 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Subject to the general management, supervision and control of and
 5 in accordance with rules established by the state university trustees,
 6 the operations and affairs of each state-operated institution of the
 7 state university shall be supervised locally by a council consisting of
 8 [ten] twelve members, nine of whom shall be appointed by the governor
 9 [and], one of whom shall be elected by and from among the students of
 10 the institution, one of whom shall be a faculty member elected by the
 11 campus' faculty senate or faculty-professional staff senate, dependent
 12 on the shared governance structure of that campus, and one of whom shall
 13 be a professional staff member elected by the campus' professional staff
 14 senate, faculty senate or faculty-professional staff senate. Such
 15 voting members shall be subject to every provision of any general,
 16 special or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule or regulation
 17 applying to the voting members of such board with respect to the
 18 discharge of their duties including, but not limited to, those
 19 provisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure requirements and
 20 prohibiting business and professional activities. The election of the
 21 student member shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regu-
 22 lations promulgated by the respective representative campus student
 23 association in accordance with guidelines established by the state
 24 university trustees. One member shall be designated by the governor as
 25 [chairman] the chair. Where an undergraduate state-operated institution
 26 of the state university is located adjacent to another institution of
 27 higher education and students of such undergraduate state-operated

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14208-04-6

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 1 institution are, under arrangements made by the state university, taking
 2 a substantial portion of their courses at such other institution, the
 3 president or other head of such other institution shall be an ex-officio
 4 member of the council for such undergraduate state-operated institution.
 5 Initial appointments, other than the student member and ex-officio
 6 members, shall be for terms expiring July first, nineteen hundred
 7 fifty-four, July first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, July first, nine-
 8 teen hundred fifty-six, July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, July
 9 first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight, July first, nineteen hundred
 10 fifty-nine, July first, nineteen hundred sixty, July first, nineteen
 11 hundred sixty-one and, where there is no ex-officio member, July first,
 12 nineteen hundred sixty-two, respectively, and subsequent appointments,
 13 other than the student member, shall be for a full term of nine years
 14 from the first day of July of the calendar year in which the appointment
 15 is made. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same
 16 manner as original selections. The term of office for each council
 17 member appointed on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six
 18 shall be seven years. The term of office for the student member shal