Bill Text: NY A09059 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the empire state plaza art commission to examine the historical significance of major rivers in the state of New York in connection with renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A09059 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09059-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9059

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, McDONALD, FAHY -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

        AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to renam-
          ing agency building one, agency building two,  agency  building  three
          and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 4.07 of  the  arts  and  cultural
     2  affairs  law,  as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
     3  of 2008, is amended and a  new  subdivision  12  is  added  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    11.  To  establish a program, in consultation with the commissioner of
     6  general services, for the  promotion  of  the  empire  state  plaza  art
     7  collection to the public through such means as determined by the commis-
     8  sion to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, educational semi-
     9  nars,  remote  exhibitions,  special events and the sale of souvenirs or
    10  mementos related to the collection. All receipts of the commission  from
    11  promotional  efforts  shall  be  deposited  in  a  state fiduciary fund,
    12  expenditures from which shall be limited to the purposes of the  commis-
    13  sion set forth in this article[.];
    14    12. (a) In collaboration with the commissioner of the office of gener-
    15  al  services, the commission shall make a recommendation to the governor
    16  on the naming of agency building one, agency building two, agency build-
    17  ing three and agency building four, located at the empire  state  plaza.
    18  The  commission  shall select from a list of major rivers located in the
    19  state of New York, which shall include, but are not limited to:
    20    (i) St. Lawrence river;
    21    (ii) Genesee river;
    22    (iii) Alleghany river;
    23    (iv) Hudson river;
    24    (v) Niagara river;
    25    (vi) Susquehanna river;
    26    (vii) Chenango river;
    27    (viii) Mohawk river;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13706-01-3
        A. 9059                             2

     1    (ix) East river; and
     2    (x) Harlem river.
     3    (b)  The  commission shall make a recommendation to the governor which
     4  shall consider the historical significance of the major river.
     5    (c) The governor, in accordance with the commission's  recommendation,
     6  shall  determine  the names of agency building one, agency building two,
     7  agency building three and agency building four, within sixty days  after
     8  the commission submits their recommendation.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    10  it  shall  have  become a law. Effectively immediately, the empire state
    11  plaza art commission is authorized to promulgate,  amend  and/or  repeal
    12  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
    13  its effective date.