A 3776: Establishes the New York Ireland trade commission.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3776 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT in relation to establishing the New York Ireland trade commission The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. a. There is established in the department of state the 2 New York Ireland trade commission, as referred to in this section as 3 "the commission". 4 b. The commission shall consist of fifteen members, to be appointed as 5 follows: 6 (1) Two members of the senate shall be appointed by the temporary 7 president of the senate, neither of whom shall be members of the same 8 political party, who shall serve during the two-year legislative term in 9 which the appointments are made; 10 (2) Two members of the assembly shall be appointed by the speaker of 11 the assembly, neither of whom shall be members of the same political 12 party, who shall serve during the two-year legislative term in which the 13 appointments are made; and 14 (3) Eleven members of the commission shall be appointed by the gover- 15 nor, six of whom shall serve for a term of three years and five of whom 16 shall serve for a term of four years, which shall include at least one 17 representative from: 18 (A) an institution of higher education; 19 (B) a chamber of commerce; and 20 (C) at least two public members representing Irish American communi- 21 ties, neither of whom shall be members of the same political party. 22 c. All appointments shall be made no later than ninety days after this 23 act becomes a law. A vacancy in the membership of the commission shall 24 be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made no 25 later than ninety days after such vacancy occurs. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08063-01-5 
 A. 3776 2 1 d. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for 2 their services as members, but shall be allowed their actual and neces- 3 sary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Members of 4 the commission shall be considered public officers for purposes of 5 section 17 of the public officers law. 6 e. The commission shall meet and hold hearings at the places it desig- 7 nates throughout the state. 8 2. The governor shall designate a chair or co-chairs from among the 9 members of the commission, who shall serve in that capacity at the plea- 10 sure of the governor. The chairperson or co-chairpersons, as appropri- 11 ate, may appoint from among the commission members subcommittees and 12 subcommittee chairpersons at their discretion. A quorum shall consist of 13 a majority of the members of the commission entitled to vote on the 14 matter under consideration. Approval of any matter shall require the 15 affirmative vote of a majority of the members voting thereon. 16 3. a. The purpose of the commission shall be to: 17 (1) advance bilateral trade and investment between New York and 18 Ireland; 19 (2) initiate joint action on policy issues of mutual interest to New 20 York and Ireland; 21 (3) promote business and academic exchanges between New York and 22 Ireland; 23 (4) encourage mutual economic support between New York and Ireland; 24 (5) encourage mutual investment in the infrastructure of New York and 25 Ireland; and 26 (6) address such other issues as determined by the commission. 27 b. The commission shall report its findings, results, and recommenda- 28 tions to the governor, and the legislature, within one year of its 29 initial organizational meeting and by the first of February of each 30 succeeding year for the activities of the preceding calendar year. The 31 report shall be in writing and include recommendations as deemed appro- 32 priate by the commission to effectuate its purpose, as provided by this 33 section. 34 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.