New York A 5517: Authorizes the justice court of the town of Southampton to grant injunctions and temporary restraining orders in connection with local land use, building and fire regulations

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A05517 Summary:

BILL NOA05517 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHyndman

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §212-d, Ed L; add §97-n, St Fin L

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Relates to degree-granting proprietary colleges; creates the proprietary college tuition reimbursement account for the refund of tuition paid by eligible students asserting certain violations; establishes an assessment to be paid by proprietary schools to fund the account.

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BILL NOA05517 

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02/14/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5517

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to degree-granting
 proprietary colleges; and to amend the state finance law, in relation
 to creating the proprietary college tuition reimbursement account

 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 "degree-
 2 granting proprietary college supervision and student protection act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 212-d to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 212-d. Proprietary college tuition reimbursement account. 1. Fee
 6 assessment. (a) The commissioner shall annually assess and have each
 7 proprietary degree-granting college pay a fee based on that college's
 8 gross annual income into a proprietary college tuition reimbursement
 9 account. The gross annual income shall be determined by annual financial
 10 statements that are submitted to the commissioner.
 11 (b) The gross annual income fee shall be assessed according to the
 12 following schedule:
 13 GROSS ANNUAL INCOME FEE
 14 Gross Annual Income between 0-$199,999 - Assessed Fee = $1,000.00
 15 Gross Annual Income between $200,000-$499,999 - Assessed Fee =
 16 $1,500.00
 17 Gross Annual Income between $500,000-$999,999 - Assessed Fee =
 18 $2,500.00
 19 Gross Annual Income between $1,000,000-$4,999,999 - Assessed Fee =
 20 $5,000.00
 21 Gross Annual Income between $5,000,000-$9,999,999 - Assessed Fee =
 22 $10,000.00
 23 Gross Annual Income between $10,000,000 or above - Assessed Fee =
 24 $20,000.00

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09202-01-5

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 1 This assessment shall be based upon each college's gross annual income
 2 from the previous year, and shall be payable to the commissioner in
 3 equal quarterly installments which shall be due on December first, March
 4 first, June first, and September first.
 5 (c) All of the total assessment provided for within this section shall
 6 accrue to the credit of the proprietary college tuition reimbursement
 7 account.
 8 (d) In the event that the balance of the proprietary college tuition
 9 reimbursement account provided for in this section exceeds three million
 10 dollars, all additional funds shall be dedicated to fund the depart-
 11 ment's supervision, regulation, and publicly accessible website of
 12 proprietary degree-granting colleges pursuant to an annual appropriation
 13 and an annual plan of expenditure prepared by the commissioner and
 14 approved by the director of the budget.
 15 (e) Payments made within thirty days following the due date shall be
 16 subject to interest at one percent above the prevailing prime rate.
 17 Thereafter, late payments may result in enrollment caps on the number of
 18 new students a college has the ability to register and the department
 19 shall approve no new programs at a college that is in arrears to the
 20 proprietary college tuition reimbursement account.
 21 (f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the state, if it determines
 22 that there is a need, to allocate additional funding to the proprietary
 23 college tuition reimbursement account to provide for the needs of harmed
 24 students.
 25 2. Complaint process for access to the proprie