New York S 5961: Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships

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S05961 Summary:

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Amd §92, add §111, Exec L; amd §355, Ed L; add §226, Ec Dev L

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Establishes an international division within the department of state to establish and maintain international sister state relationships to facilitate and maintain the exchange of students and faculty.

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5961

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 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 111 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] such secretary of state shall deem necessary, and
 9 including a director of the international division, as established by
 10 section one hundred eleven of this article, within the amount appropri-
 11 ated therefor and prescribe their powers and duties.
 12 § 111. 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.
 LBD10557-01-5

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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 22 to read as follows:
 14 22. 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