Section 6302. Authorization to establish community colleges

1. Any local
  sponsor, other than a community college region, acting through its local
  legislative body or board, or other appropriate governing agency,  which
  in  the  case of the city of New York acting as a local sponsor shall be
  the mayor  of  that  city,  may  by  local  law,  resolution,  order  or
  ordinance,  and  pursuant  to the master plan, standards and regulations
  prescribed by the state university trustees and  with  the  approval  of
  said trustees:
    a. Establish a community college.
    b.  Elect  to  participate  in  and  pay  an  appropriate share of the
  expenses involved in the community college program of  any  other  local
  sponsor consenting to such arrangement.
    c.  Combine  with  one  or  more  other  local  sponsors for the joint
  establishment and operation of a community college.
    2. Pursuant to section sixty-three hundred ten of  this  article,  any
  eligible  county,  city  or  school  district  acting  through its local
  legislative body or board, may by local law or resolution, and  pursuant
  to  the  master  plan, standards and regulations prescribed by the state
  university trustees, and with the approval  of  said  trustees,  combine
  with one or more contiguous counties, cities or school districts, or any
  combination  thereof,  to  constitute a community college region for the
  purpose of operating, as local sponsor, an  existing  community  college
  which  is  currently sponsored by a city or school district other than a
  school district located in a city with a population of  one  million  or
  more.
    3.  In the city of New York, the board of education, with the approval
  of the state university trustees, may act as  a  local  sponsor  in  the
  establishment and operation, as a community college, of a post secondary
  technical  vocational  training institution which is partly supported by
  such  board  of  education  and  partly  supported  by  an   educational
  foundation  for  an  industry  chartered  by  the  board  of regents. In
  addition to the community college programs and curricula  authorized  by
  this  article,  the  institution  may  offer such baccalaureate, masters
  degree programs and curricula in support of its mission,  in  accordance
  with  standards  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the  state university
  trustees, as may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of the  master
  plan.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the institution shall
  be financed and  administered  in  the  manner  provided  for  community
  colleges.
    4. Community colleges so established and operated shall be eligible to
  receive  financial  assistance  from  the state as hereinafter provided,
  which shall be paid to the local sponsor or sponsors, provided, however,
  that in the case of any local sponsor which  shall  have  assigned  such
  financial  assistance  to the dormitory authority, such payment shall be
  made to the commissioner of taxation and  finance  for  deposit  in  the
  community college tuition and instructional income fund.
    5.  Whenever  a  plan  for  a community college, other than a plan for
  participation in a community college region, shall have been  formulated
  by  a  county  board  of  supervisors  and  approved as provided in this
  section, the board  of  supervisors  may  submit  the  question  of  the
  establishment  of  the  community college contemplated by such plan to a
  referendum at any general election at which all the voters of the county
  may vote. The form of the proposition shall be determined by  the  board
  of  supervisors  and  shall include an estimate of the county's share of
  the initial capital cost and an estimate of the county's  share  of  the
  annual  cost of maintenance and operation. If the majority of the voters
  voting on such  proposition  shall  approve  the  establishment  of  the
  community  college,  such  college  shall  be deemed established and the

  board of supervisors shall proceed forthwith to exercise the powers  and
  authority conferred upon it in this article.
    6.  a.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, community colleges
  established under this article shall have the authority to:
    (i) Determine that the bidder  on  a  contract  for  the  purchase  of
  apparel  or sports equipment is not an acceptable bidder based on either
  of the following considerations:
    (A) the labor standards applicable to the manufacture of  the  apparel
  or sports equipment, including but not limited to employee compensation,
  working conditions, employee rights to form unions, and the use of child
  labor, or
    (B)  the  bidder's  failure  to provide information sufficient for the
  state agency or corporation to determine the labor conditions applicable
  to the manufacture of the apparel or sports equipment.
    (ii)  Include  in  the  internal  policies  and  procedures  governing
  procurement  of apparel a prohibition against the purchase of apparel or
  sports equipment from any vendor  based  upon  either  or  both  of  the
  following considerations:
    (A)  the  labor standards applicable to the manufacture of the apparel
  or sports equipment, including but not limited to employee compensation,
  working conditions, employee rights to form unions, and the use of child
  labor; or
    (B) the bidder's failure to provide sufficient  information  for  said
  state  agencies  to  determine  the  labor  standards  applicable to the
  manufacture of the apparel or sports equipment.
    b. For the purposes of this subdivision the term:
    (i) "apparel" shall mean goods, such as, but not  limited  to,  sports
  uniforms,  including  gym  uniforms,  required  school  uniforms, shoes,
  including, but not limited to, athletic shoes or sneakers,  sweatshirts,
  caps, hats, and other clothing, whether or not imprinted with a school's
  name or logo, academic regalia, lab coats and staff uniforms; and
    (ii) "sports equipment" shall mean equipment, such as, but not limited
  to,  balls, bats and other goods intended for use by those participating
  in sports and games.