NY Educ L § 6310 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 7 - State and City Colleges and Institutions-Cornell University Article 126 - Community Colleges and State-Aided Four-Year Colleges 6310 - Community College Regions - Administration and Finance.

§ 6310. Community  college  regions  -  administration and finance. 1. Each community college region and community college  sponsored  by  such region  shall  be administered by a single board of trustees of fourteen members, thirteen of whom shall be appointed for terms of  seven  years, as  set  forth  in  this  subdivision,  and one member elected as herein provided, except that initial appointments shall be made  for  terms  of one  to nine years respectively. Seven members shall be appointed by the local legislative bodies or boards of those counties eligible to appoint members to the community college regional board of trustees.  The  seven locally  appointed members of such board may include one member from the local legislative body or board  of  each  county  eligible  to  appoint members  to the community college regional board of trustees. Membership in a community college regional board of trustees shall  be  apportioned among  the  counties  participating in such board in accordance with the number of full-time equivalent students attending  a  community  college sponsored  by  such  regional  board who are residents of the respective participating counties, and in accordance with such further  regulations as may be prescribed by the state university trustees. Six members shall be  appointed  by  the governor and one member elected by and from among the students of the college who shall serve as a member of the board for a one-year term, provided, however, that the term of the student  member first  elected  shall  be nine months commencing October first, nineteen hundred eighty-four. The student  member  shall  be  afforded  the  same parliamentary  privileges  as  are conferred upon members, including but not limited to the right to make and second motions and to  place  items on  the  agenda. Such student member shall be subject to every provision of any general, special or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule  or regulation  applying  to  the  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. The  election  of  the student   member  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance  with  rules  and regulations promulgated by the respective representative campus  student association  in  accordance  with  guidelines  established  by the state university trustees. In the event that the student member ceases to be a student at  the  institution,  he  shall  be  required  to  resign.  The governor's initial appointments shall be as follows: (a) two individuals shall be appointed for terms of two and four years respectively; (b) two individuals  for  terms  of  six  years and two individuals for terms of eight years. Appointments by local authorities shall be as follows:  (a) three  individuals for terms of one, three and five years, respectively; (b) two individuals for terms of seven years, and  two  individuals  for terms  of  nine  years. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original selections by the authority responsible  for the  original  selection.  The  board shall select its own chairman from among its voting membership. 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.  Members  initially  appointed  or  elected  under  this subdivision  to  any  community  college  regional  board  of   trustees hereafter established shall take office immediately upon their selection and  qualification,  but  for  purposes of determining the expiration of their respective terms and  the  commencement  of  the  terms  of  their successors,  the  term  of  office  of each such initial member shall be deemed to have commenced on the first day of July of the year  in  which such  college  was  established.  The  terms of office of all members of community college regional boards of  trustees  heretofore  established, appointed or elected as provided in this subdivision, shall terminate on  the  thirtieth  day of June of the calendar year within which such terms expire under the provisions of this subdivision as hereby  amended.  For the  purpose  of  determining  such  year all initial terms of office of appointed  members  of  the community college regional board of trustees heretofore established shall be deemed to have commenced  on  the  first day  of  July  of  the year in which such community college regions were established and the terms of their successors for full  terms,  if  any, shall  be  deemed to have commenced upon the expiration of the number of years from such date for which such initial appointments were made.   The one member elected by and from among the students of  the  college may be removed by such students in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated  by the respective representative campus student association in accordance  with  guidelines  promulgated  by  the  state  university trustees.   1-a.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  one  of  this section, a community college region  established  to  operate  as  local sponsor of Jamestown community college shall be administered by a single board  of  trustees  of  fifteen  members,  fourteen  of  whom  shall be appointed for terms of seven years, except that the initial appointments shall be made as set forth in this subdivision, and one member who shall be elected by and from among the students of the college and shall serve as set forth in subdivision one of this section. Eight members shall  be appointed  by  the  local  governing  bodies  of  the  counties and city eligible to appoint members to the Jamestown community college  regional board  of  trustees, and six members shall be appointed by the governor. The eight locally appointed members of such board may include one member appointed from among the local governing bodies of the counties or  city eligible   to  appoint  members  to  the  regional  board  of  trustees. Membership in the Jamestown community college regional board of trustees shall  be  apportioned  in  accordance  with  the  number  of  full-time equivalent students attending the community college who are residents of the  respective  participating  counties or city, and in accordance with such further regulations as may be prescribed by  the  state  university trustees.   Upon  the  effective date of this subdivision, and notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any other law, the current Jamestown community college board of trustees shall be redesignated the Jamestown  community college  regional board of trustees and the terms of the current members of the Jamestown community college  board  of  trustees  shall  continue until their expiration or termination as provided by section sixty-three hundred  six of this chapter. The governor's initial appointments to the Jamestown community college regional  board  of  trustees  shall  be  as follows:  one  individual  shall be appointed for a term of three years, and one individual shall be appointed for a term of five years.  Initial appointments   by  the  local  authorities  shall  be  as  follows:  one individual shall be appointed for a term of two  years,  one  individual shall be appointed for a term of four years, and one individual shall be appointed  for  a  term  of  six  years.  Vacancies  shall be filled for unexpired terms in  the  same  manner  as  original  selections  by  the authority responsible for the original selection. The board shall select its  own  chairman  from  among  its  voting  membership. 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.  Members  initially appointed  or  elected  under  this subdivision to any community college regional board of  trustees  hereafter  established  shall  take  office immediately  upon their selection and qualification, but for purposes of determining  the  expiration  of  their   respective   terms   and   the  commencement  of  the  terms  of their successors, the term of office of each such initial member shall be deemed to have commenced on the  first day of July of the year in which such college was established. The terms of  office  of  all  members  of  community  college  regional boards of trustees heretofore established, appointed or  elected  as  provided  in this  subdivision,  shall  terminate on the thirtieth day of June of the calendar year within which such terms expire  under  the  provisions  of this  subdivision as hereby amended. For the purpose of determining such year, all initial terms of office of appointed members of the  community college  regional board of trustees heretofore established and the terms of their successors for full terms, if any,  shall  be  deemed  to  have commenced  upon the expiration of the number of years from such date for which such initial appointments were made.   The one member elected by and from among the students of  the  college may be removed by such students in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated  by the respective representative campus student association in accordance  with  guidelines  promulgated  by  the  state  university trustees.   1-b.  Notwithstanding  any  provision of this article to the contrary, with regard to the operating costs of the Jamestown  community  college, the  county  of  Chautauqua, as a local sponsor of such college, may pay all such operating costs incurred by such county and may  also  pay  all such  operating costs incurred by any city within such county which is a local sponsor of such college. The county of Chautauqua may pay all such operating costs pursuant to this subdivision:  (a) without any charge back to any city or town within such county; or  (b) with a charge back of all or any portion of such  operating  costs to  the  cities  (including  the  city  of  Jamestown) and towns in such county, in proportion to the number of students attending such community college each term who were residents of each such city or  town  at  the beginning of such term.   2.  Pursuant to such regulations and limitations as may be established and prescribed by the state university trustees, the  community  college regional  board  of  trustees  may  enter into any contract or agreement deemed necessary or appropriate  for  the  effective  operation  of  the college,  including:  (a)  contracts or agreements entered into with the federal government to  enable  participation  in  federal  student  loan programs, including any and all instruments required thereunder; and (b) contracts with non-profit corporations organized by officers, employees, alumni or students of the college for the furtherance of its objects and purposes.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any other law, general, special or local, such  contracts  entered  into  with  such  non-profit corporation  shall  not  be subject to any requirement that contracts be let to the lowest  responsible  bidder  after  advertisement  for  bids. Nothing  contained  in  this  subdivision shall be deemed to diminish or impair any powers or authority otherwise vested in the community college regional board of trustees.   3. Pursuant to such regulations and limitations as may be  established and prescribed by the state university trustees with the approval of the director of the budget, the community college regional board of trustees may  participate  in  cooperative  educational  programs,  services  and arrangements with colleges, universities, school  districts,  boards  of cooperative  educational  services,  libraries,  museums  and  join  any cooperative association of such educational  institutions  formed  as  a corporation pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of this chapter.   4.  The community college regional board of trustees is hereby created a body corporate.  All  property  which  is  now  vested  in,  or  shall  hereafter  be  conveyed or transferred to the community college regional board of trustees, shall be held by them as a corporation.   4-a. (a) A community college regional board of trustees shall have the authority to appoint security officers for the community college and, in its discretion, to designate or to revoke the designation of one or more than  one  security  officer  as  a peace officer. A security officer so designated shall have the powers of a peace  officer  as  set  forth  in section   2.20  of  the  criminal  procedure  law.  A  security  officer designated as a peace officer  must  have  satisfactorily  completed  or complete,  within  one year of the date of such designation, a course of law enforcement training prescribed by  the  municipal  police  training council  in  consultation with the state university board of trustees. A peace officer so designated may possess and carry a firearm as a part of on duty employment only if authorized to do so by the president  of  the community  college.  The  geographical  area  of  employment  of a peace officer so designated is the campus and other property of the  community college  at  which the peace officer serves, including that portion of a public highway which crosses or abuts such property, and residential  or other  facilities  owned,  operated,  or  maintained by a not-for-profit entity associated with the community  college  for  which  such  college provides security.  (b)  The appointment of security officers at a community college shall be  governed  by  and  conform  with  civil  service  laws,  rules   and regulations,  if  applicable to the community college and its employees. The designation of a security officer as a peace officer shall be  based on   qualifications  established  by  the  community  college  board  of trustees, and  in  accordance  with  seniority.  For  purposes  of  this subdivision,   "seniority"  means  total  employment  service  with  the community college making such designation.  (c) A security officer who has been designated  a  peace  officer  may have  such  designation  suspended  or  removed  pursuant  to procedures established by the community college or in  compliance  with  any  local collective  bargaining agreement, if applicable to the community college and its employees.  (d) The designation of peace officers  pursuant  to  this  subdivision shall not be deemed to supersede in any way the authority of other peace officers and police officers.  (e) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to: (i) alter any  existing  collective bargaining agreement; (ii) diminish the rights of employees pursuant to an existing  collective  bargaining  agreement; (iii)  affect  existing law with respect to an application to the public employment relations board seeking designation by the board that certain persons are managerial or confidential; or (iv) alter  or  restrict  the power  of a county or community college sponsor or employee organization to negotiate with respect to  an  alternate  method  of  appointment  or promotion of security officers.   5.  Two  or  more  eligible counties appointing members to a community college regional board of trustees shall divide the local share  of  the capital costs of a community college sponsored by such community college region according to the respective equalized assessed valuations of such counties  or  such  other  factors  as  may  be  prescribed by the state university trustees. The local share of  the  operating  expenses  of  a community  college  sponsored  by  a  community  college region shall be apportioned among those counties appointing  members  to  the  community college  regional  board  of  trustees on the basis of operating shares. Such operating shares shall be allocated in proportion to the number  of students  attending  the  community  college  who  are  residents of the respective counties participating  on  the  community  college  regional  board,  calculated on the basis of full-time equivalent students, in the same manner as the allocable portion of the  local  sponsor's  share  of operating  costs  pursuant  to  section sixty-three hundred five of this chapter,  and  such  other  factors  as  may  be prescribed by the state university trustees. Any community  college  sponsored  by  a  community college  region  may, under the provisions of section six thousand three hundred five of this chapter, elect to charge an  allocable  portion  of the  operating costs incurred by the regional sponsor, and a further sum on account of the regional sponsor's share  of  capital  costs,  to  the counties  of  residence  of  students  attending  such  college  who are non-residents of the community college region.   6. The final budget of the community college region as adopted by  the regional board of trustees and approved by the state university trustees shall be a charge against all of the counties appointing members to such board.  The  regional  board  of trustees, after approval of its budget, shall  certify  to  the  legislative  body  or  board  of  all  counties appointing  members  to such regional board the respective proportionate share of the capital and operating costs required to be raised  by  each county.  The  counties  shall add such costs, as certified, to their own budgets and provide such certified costs by appropriations from  general revenues or from funds derived from special tax levies earmarked in part or  whole  for  such purposes, by the use of gifts of money or, with the consent of the state university trustees, by the use of property,  gifts of  property  or  by the furnishing of services. Where a county provides all or a portion of its share of capital or operating costs in  real  or personal  property  or  in  services, the valuation of such property and services for the purpose of determining the amount of state aid shall be made by the state university trustees with the approval of the  director of  the  budget. Such funds shall be turned over to the treasurer of the community college sponsored by the community college region  within  the fiscal  year of such region. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, all counties appointing  members  to  a  community  college regional  board of trustees may require that any budget proposed by such regional board, which would result  in  an  increase  in  the  level  of contributions  to  college  revenues  by such counties over the level of contributions required for the previous college fiscal  year,  shall  be approved by the legislative body or board of all such counties.   7. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law to  the  contrary, the fiscal year of a community college sponsored by a community college region shall begin with the first day of September and end with the thirty-first day  of  August  in  each  year.  All  of  the provisions of law fixing times or dates within which or by which certain acts  shall  be performed in relation to the preparation and adoption of the budget of a county, including but not limited  to  submission  of  a budget  estimate,  filing  of  a  tentative  budget,  public hearing and adoption of  a  budget,  shall  apply  to  the  budget  of  a  community college-sponsored   by   a   community   college  region  but  shall  be correspondingly changed, as to time, to relate to  the  commencement  of the fiscal year of the community college region; provided, however, that after  the  budget  for  the  community  college  region shall have been adopted, the counties appointing members to a community college regional board of trustees shall provide for the raising  of  taxes  required  by such  budget,  without any decrease in amount, in the same manner and at the same time prescribed by law for the annual levy of taxes by  or  for the county.   8.  Moneys  raised  by taxation for maintenance of a community college region and moneys received from all other sources for  purposes  of  the community  college  region  shall be kept separate and distinct from any  other moneys of the counties appointing members to the community college regional board of trustees and shall not be used for any other  purpose. The amount of taxes levied for maintenance of a community college region shall  be credited thereto and made available therefor within the fiscal year of such community college region.   9. The community college regional board of trustees shall direct  that payment of amounts for maintenance of the college be made in whole or in part  to the treasurer of the community college sponsored by such region for expenditure by such officer, subject to such  regulations  regarding the  custody,  deposit,  audit  and  payment  thereof  as  such board of trustees may deem proper.   The board of trustees may authorize the treasurer of  the  college  to establish  a  bank  account  or  accounts in the name of the college and deposit therein moneys received or collected by the  college,  including moneys  appropriated  and paid by the counties appointing members to the community college regional  board  of  trustees,  moneys  received  from tuition,  fees,  charges,  sales  of products and services, and from all other sources. The board of trustees may authorize the treasurer to  pay all  proper  bills  and  accounts of the college, including salaries and wages, from funds in its custody. The treasurer shall execute a bond  or official undertaking to the community college regional board of trustees in  such  sum  and  with  such sureties as that board shall require, the expense of which shall be a college charge.   The  community  college  regional  board  of  trustees  similarly  may authorize  the treasurer to establish and maintain petty cash funds, not in excess of two hundred dollars each, for specified college purposes or undertakings, from which may be paid,  in  advance  of  audit,  properly itemized  and  verified  or  certified  bills for materials, supplies or services furnished to the college for the conduct  of  its  affairs  and upon  terms  calling  for  the  payment  of  cash to the vendor upon the delivery of any such materials or supplies or the rendering of any  such services.  Lists  of  all  expenditures  made from such petty cash funds shall be presented to the board of  trustees  at  each  regular  meeting thereof, together with the bills supporting such expenditures, for audit and  the  board shall direct reimbursement of such petty cash funds from the appropriate budgetary item or items in an amount equal to the  total of  such  bills  which it shall so audit and allow. Any of such bills or any portion of any of such bills as shall be disallowed upon audit shall be the personal responsibility of the treasurer and such official  shall forthwith  reimburse  such  petty  cash  fund  in  the  amount  of  such disallowances. The community college regional board  of  trustees  shall provide  for periodic audits of all accounts maintained at its direction and render such reports respecting any and all receipts and expenditures of the college  as  the  local  legislative  body  or  board,  or  other appropriate governing agency, may direct.   10.  All  proposals for the acquisition or construction, including new construction, additions or reconstruction of college facilities  adopted by  a  community college regional board of trustees shall be approved by the legislative body or board of all counties appointing members to such board  of  trustees,  and  the  state  university  trustees.  Upon  such approvals, each participating county may finance its proportionate share of  the  cost  of acquisition of such facilities either from any current funds legally available therefor, or  by  the  issuance  of  obligations pursuant  to  the  local finance law. All counties participating in such regional board of trustees may together issue joint obligations pledging the full faith and credit for all  participating  counties  jointly  and that each such county shall pay a specified share of annual debt service on  such  joint obligations in accordance with the provisions of article  five-g of the general municipal law and  applicable  provisions  of  the local finance law.   10-a.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  ten  of this section, upon receipt of the approvals set forth  in  such  subdivision, the board of trustees of the community college region may finance a duly authorized specific object or purpose or class of objects or purposes by the  issuance  of  bonds,  notes  or  other  evidence of indebtedness or pursuant to a financing transaction of the community college region with the dormitory authority in accordance with  the  provisions  of  article eight of title four of the public authorities law.   11.  The community college regional board of trustees, for the purpose of administering the state civil service law, shall be deemed  to  be  a municipal  employer.  No  civil  service  rights  of  an employee of any community college or local sponsor shall be lost, impaired  or  affected by  reason  of  the  enactment of this section and related amendments of this article into law.   12. For the purposes of article fourteen of the civil service law, the community college regional board of trustees shall be deemed to  be  the public  employer and as such shall negotiate with and enter into written agreements with employee organizations  representing  the  instructional staff  and  non-instructional  staff of the community colleges that have been certified or recognized under such article. For  purposes  of  such article,  the  president  of the community college shall be deemed to be the chief executive officer, the chief legal officer  of  the  community college shall be chief legal officer, and the community college regional board  of  trustees  shall  be  deemed to be the legislative body of the government. The state  public  employment  relations  board  shall  have exclusive  jurisdiction  for the purpose of administering the provisions of such article.   13. For the purpose of this section, all references in this section to a "county" or "counties" shall be deemed to include a city or cities, or a school district or school districts, as the case may be.   14. a.  The  following  terms,  when  used  or  referred  to  in  this subdivision, shall have the following meaning:  (i)  "Credit  card"  means any credit card, credit plate, charge card, charge plate, courtesy card,  debit  card,  other  identification  card, value  transfer  device  as  defined  by the state comptroller or device issued by a person to another person which may be used to obtain a  cash advance  or  a  loan  or  credit,  or  to  purchase or lease property or services on the credit of the person issuing the credit card or a person who has agreed with the issuer to pay obligations arising from  the  use of a credit card issued to another person.  (ii)  "Card  issuer"  means an issuer of a credit card, charge card or other value transfer device.  (iii)  "Financing  agency"  means  any  agency  defined  as  such   in subdivision  eighteen  of  section  four  hundred  one  of  the personal property law.  (iv) "Person" means an individual,  partnership,  corporation  or  any other legal or commercial entity.   b.  The  community college regional board of trustees of any community college may determine, by resolution, that it is in the public  interest to authorize such community college to enter into agreements with one or more  financing  agencies or card issuers to provide for the acceptance, by such officers of the community college as may be designated  pursuant to  this  subdivision, of credit cards as a means of payment of tuition, expenses, fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts owed by students to the community  college.  Any  such  agreement  shall govern  the terms and conditions upon which a credit card proffered as a  means of payment of tuition, expenses, fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts shall  be  accepted  or  declined  and  the manner  in and conditions upon which the financing agency or card issuer shall  pay  to  such  community college the amount of tuition, expenses, fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts  paid  by means  of  a  credit card pursuant to such agreement. Any such agreement may provide for the payment by such community college to such  financing agency  or  card  issuer  of  fees  for  the  services  provided by such financing agency or card issuer pursuant to such agreement,  which  fees may  consist  of  a  discount deducted from or payable in respect of the amount of each such tuition, expenses, fee, charge,  revenue,  financial obligation  or  other  amount. If fees are paid by such a discount, they shall be post-audited by the officer or board of the  community  college responsible for auditing claims against the community college.   c.  Any  community  college which has entered into an agreement with a financing agency or card issuer as authorized by  this  subdivision  may accept  credit  cards  as a means of payment of tuition, expenses, fees, charges, revenue, financial obligations or other amounts, as provided in such agreement and may pay such fees as are specified in such  agreement to such financing agency or card issuer in consideration of the services rendered   by   such   financing   agency  or  card  issuer  thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it shall  be the  option  of  the community college regional board of trustees of the community college to require, as a condition  of  accepting  payment  by credit  card, that such person offering payment by credit or charge card pay a service fee to the community college not exceeding costs  incurred by  the  community  college in connection with the credit or charge card payment transaction, including any fee owed by the community college  to the financing agency or card issuer arising from that transaction.   d.  Contracts  entered  into  pursuant  to  this subdivision between a community college and  financing  agencies  or  card  issuers  shall  be awarded  in  accordance  with  the  community college's written internal policies and procedures governing procurements.   e. The underlying debt,  lien,  obligation,  bill,  account  or  other amount owed by the student to the community college for which payment by credit  card is accepted by the community college shall not be expunged, cancelled, released, discharged or satisfied, and any receipt  or  other evidence  of  payment  shall  be deemed conditional, until the community college has received final and unconditional payment of the full  amount due  from  the  financing  agency  or  card  issuer for such credit card transaction.   f. The community college regional board of  trustees,  in  enacting  a resolution  pursuant  to  this subdivision, shall designate which of its officers, charged with the duty of collecting  or  receiving  moneys  on behalf  of  the  community college, shall be authorized to accept credit cards as a  means  of  payment  of  tuition,  expenses,  fees,  charges, revenue, financial obligations and other amounts.   g.   Under   circumstances  where  community  colleges  are  otherwise authorized by law to contract for the collection of  tuition,  expenses, fees,  charges,  revenue,  financial  obligations or other amounts, such contract shall provide that the contractor  accept  credit  cards  as  a mechanism for payment.   15.  a.  Notwithstanding  any  other  law to the contrary, whenever an officer of a community college is authorized pursuant to law to disburse or transfer on behalf of the community college funds in the  custody  of the  officer,  that  officer shall be authorized to disburse or transfer such funds by means of electronic or wire transfer.  Such  disbursements shall be otherwise subject to applicable laws, provided that:  (i)  the community college regional board of trustees of the community college has entered into a written agreement  with  the  bank  or  trust company  in which such funds have been deposited, prescribing the manner in  which  electronic  or  wire  transfer  of  such   funds   shall   be accomplished,  identifying  by number and name those accounts from which electronic or wire transfers may be made, identifying which  officer  or officers  are  authorized  to  order  the electronic or wire transfer of funds from those accounts, and  implementing  a  security  procedure  as defined in section 4-A-201 of the uniform commercial code; and  (ii)  the  bank or trust company processing the transfer shall provide to the officer ordering the electronic or wire transfer of funds written confirmation of each such transaction no later  than  the  business  day following the day on which the funds are transmitted.   b.  It  shall  be  the duty of the community college regional board of trustees of the community college to adopt a system of internal controls for the documentation and reporting of all transfers or disbursements of funds accomplished by electronic or wire transfer.   16. a. The  community  college  regional  board  of  trustees  of  any community  college,  may  determine,  by  resolution,  that it is in the public interest and authorize such community college to provide for  the acceptance  of  tuition,  expenses,  fees,  charges,  revenue, financial obligations or other amounts via a community college  internet  website. However,  submission  via  the  internet may not be required as the sole method for the collection of tuition, expenses, fees, charges and  other amounts.    Such payments shall be accepted via the internet in a manner and condition defined by such community  college.  Any  method  used  to receive  internet  payments  shall  comply with article one of the state technology law and any rules and regulations promulgated and  guidelines developed thereunder and, at a minimum must:  (i) authenticate the identity of the sender; and  (ii) ensure the security of the information transmitted.   b.  Payments received via the internet shall be considered received by the appropriate officer and paid by the payor at the time  the  internet transaction is completed and sent by the payor.   c.  The  underlying  debt,  lien,  obligation,  bill, account or other amount owed by the student to the community college for which payment by internet is accepted by the community college  shall  not  be  expunged, cancelled,  released,  discharged or satisfied, and any receipt or other evidence of payment shall be deemed  conditional,  until  the  community college  has received final and unconditional payment of the full amount due.   d. The community college regional board of  trustees,  in  enacting  a resolution  pursuant  to  this subdivision, shall designate which of its officers, charged with the duty of collecting  or  receiving  moneys  on behalf  of  the  community  college,  shall be authorized to accept such payments via the internet.   17. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the  contrary,  a community  college  regional  board  of  trustees of a community college region shall be the local sponsor of  such  community  college  for  the purposes of entering into agreements with the dormitory authority of the state  of  New  York  on  behalf  of  the  community college pursuant to subdivisions nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen  and  sixteen of  section  sixteen  hundred  eighty  of the public authorities law and shall have full authority  to  perform,  on  behalf  of  such  community college,  all  obligations  of the college under its agreements with the dormitory authority.