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

New York Assembly Bill 272 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           272
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. JAFFEE, BLAKE, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of A. COOK -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Tourism,
          Parks, Arts and Sports Development
        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  born in New York state and have engaged in their respective work  prima-
    11  rily 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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