2010 New York Code
EDN - Education
Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 8 - (350 - 365) STATE UNIVERSITY AND STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
353 - State university trustees.

§ 353. State  university  trustees.  1.  The state university shall be
  governed, and all of its corporate  powers  exercised,  by  a  board  of
  trustees. Such board shall consist of seventeen members, fifteen of whom
  shall  be  appointed  by the governor with the advice and consent of the
  senate, one of whom shall be the president of the  student  assembly  of
  the  state  university,  ex-officio and voting, and one of whom shall be
  the  president  of  the  university  faculty  senate,   ex-officio   and
  non-voting.  Such ex-officio members shall be subject to every provision
  of any general, special, or local law, ordinance, charter,  code,  rule,
  or  regulation applying to the voting members of such board with respect
  to the discharge of their duties, including, but not limited  to,  those
  provisions  setting  forth codes of ethics, disclosure requirements, and
  prohibiting business and professional  activities.  One  member  of  the
  board  shall  be  designated  by  the governor as chairperson and one as
  vice-chairperson. Of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed
  for a term which  shall  expire  on  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
  fifty-two; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen
  hundred  fifty-three;  two  for  a  term  which  shall  expire  on  June
  thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-four;  one  for  a  term  which  shall
  expire  on  June  thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term
  which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen  hundred  fifty-six;  one
  for  a  term  which  shall  expire  on  June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
  fifty-seven; two for a  term  which  shall  expire  on  June  thirtieth,
  nineteen  hundred fifty-eight; one for a term which shall expire on June
  thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine;  two  for  a  term  which  shall
  expire  on  June  thirtieth,  nineteen hundred sixty; and one for a term
  which shall  expire  on  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-one.
  Vacancies  shall  be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
  original appointments. The term of office of each trustee  appointed  on
  or  after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall be seven years,
  except those of the student member  and  the  faculty  member.  Trustees
  shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed
  for  their  expenses  actually  and  necessarily incurred by them in the
  performance of their duties under this article.
    2. a. The board may provide for regular meetings, and the chairman, or
  the vice-chairman, or any eight members by petition,  may  at  any  time
  call  a  special  meeting  of the board of trustees and fix the time and
  place therefor; and at least seven days notice of every meeting shall be
  mailed to the usual address of  each  trustee,  unless  such  notice  be
  waived  by a majority of the board. Resolutions for the consideration of
  the board of trustees must be  mailed  to  the  usual  address  of  each
  trustee  no  less  than  seven days prior to a meeting, unless the chair
  shall make available in writing on the day  of  the  meeting  the  facts
  which necessitate an immediate vote. Eight trustees attending shall be a
  quorum  for  the transaction of business and, unless a greater number is
  required by the by-laws, the act of a majority of the members present at
  any meeting shall be the act of the board. The board shall hold at least
  two public hearings each year. One public hearing shall be  held  during
  the  spring  semester  and  one public hearing shall be held in the fall
  semester. The purpose of such hearings shall be to receive testimony and
  statements from concerned individuals about university issues. The board
  shall fix the time, place, duration and format of each hearing. At least
  three members of the board shall attend each hearing.  At  least  thirty
  days  notice  of the hearing shall be given by the chairman of the board
  to all members of  the  board,  to  all  presidents  of  state  operated
  campuses,  to  the  chair  of  faculty-senate  bodies  of state operated
  campuses,  to  all  student  government  presidents  of  state  operated
  campuses,   to   the  certified  or  recognized  employee  organizations

representing employees of the state university and to  the  media.  Such
  notice shall contain the time and place of the public hearing.
    b.  The  agenda for any such meeting of the board of trustees shall be
  electronically available on the state university  of  New  York  website
  three  days  prior to the meetings unless an executive committee meeting
  has been called in which an agenda must be available  twenty-four  hours
  in  advance,  and  shall  be  considered  a  public record. A summary of
  resolutions and board actions for any  such  meeting  of  the  board  of
  trustees  shall  be  electronically available on the state university of
  New York website no later than seven days after the meeting and shall be
  considered a public record. The  approved  minutes,  attendance,  voting
  record  and either transcripts or video record for any such meeting must
  be posted no later than seven days following their approval by the board
  or executive committee. Information posted on the  state  university  of
  New York website regarding board of trustee meetings shall remain on the
  site as archived data for a minimum of ten years.
    c.  Any  such  meeting  of the board of trustees shall be conducted in
  accordance with article seven of the public officers law.
    3. The board shall appoint its own officers and staff,  prescribe  the
  duties  of  such  employees,  and  fix  their  compensation  within  the
  appropriations prescribed therefor. Other than those positions  included
  in  section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law, the board shall
  fix the compensation and benefits  of  employees  in  positions  in  the
  professional  service  in  the  state  university  which are designated,
  stipulated  or  excluded  from  negotiating  units  as   managerial   or
  confidential  as  defined  pursuant  to  article  fourteen  of the civil
  service law.
    4. a. The board may elect an executive committee of not less than five
  members, who, in intervals between meetings of the  board  may  transact
  such business of the state university as the board may from time to time
  authorize,  except to grant degrees or to make removals from office. The
  student member of the board shall be  a  member  of  such  committee.  A
  majority  of  the whole of the executive committee, but in any event not
  less than four members, attending shall be a quorum for the  transaction
  of  business  and  the act of a majority of the members of the executive
  committee present at any meeting  thereof  shall  be  the  act  of  such
  committee.
    b. The agenda for any meeting of any committee and subcommittee of the
  board  of  trustees  shall  be  available  electronically  on  the state
  university of New York website three days prior to the meeting unless an
  executive committee meeting has been called, in  which  case  an  agenda
  must  be available twenty-four hours in advance, and shall be considered
  a public record. A summary of resolutions and actions by  the  committee
  or  subcommittee  for any such meeting shall be electronically available
  on the state university of New York website no  later  than  seven  days
  after  the meeting and shall be considered a public record. The approved
  minutes, attendance, voting record,  and  either  transcripts  or  video
  record,  for  any  such  meeting must be posted no later than seven days
  following  the  approval  by  the  board,  committee  or   subcommittee.
  Information posted on the state university of New York website regarding
  such meetings shall remain on the site as archived data for a minimum of
  ten years.
    c.  Any  such  meeting  of a committee or subcommittee of the board of
  trustees shall be conducted in accordance  with  article  seven  of  the
  public officers law.