Bill Text: NY A00272 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state council on the arts to award certificates of merit to artists in selected disciplines.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A00272 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00272-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         272--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. JAFFEE, BLAKE, OTIS, RIVERA, LUPINACCI, ROSEN-
          THAL, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, COOK, ENGLE-
          BRIGHT, ORTIZ, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Tour-
          ism,  Parks,  Arts  and Sports Development -- reported and referred to
          the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to authorize the New York council on the arts  to  award  certif-
          icates of merit to artists in selected disciplines
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  rule,  regu-
     2  lation  or  policy  to the contrary, it shall be permissible for the New
     3  York state council on the arts to select and award certificates of merit
     4  together with an honorarium not to exceed $10,000 per awardee  to  indi-
     5  viduals  in  artistic or cultural disciplines within the purview of such
     6  council; if such honorarium and award is established in statute.
     7    The  procedures  and  guidelines  as  are  necessary  to  effect   the
     8  provisions  of this act shall be established by the New York state coun-
     9  cil on the arts, but shall require at a minimum, that the candidates  be
    10  residents  of  New  York state and have engaged in their respective work
    11  primarily in this state.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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