Bill Text: NY S03339 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting the New York state council on the arts from awarding arts and cultural grants when an organization has no place of business within the state and does not apply awarded monies to New York state programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - APPROVAL MEMO.15 [S03339 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S03339-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3339--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to prohibiting the New York state council on the arts from awarding arts and cultural grants when an organization has no place of business within the state and does not apply awarded monies to New York state programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a 2 new section 3.19 to read as follows: 3 § 3.19. Prohibition. The council on the arts shall be prohibited from 4 issuing grants to an organization unless such organization is incorpo- 5 rated as a nonprofit organization either in the state or, if an organ- 6 ization is incorporated elsewhere, such organization must be registered 7 to do business in the state through the department of state and must 8 have its principal place of business located within the state. Grant 9 recipients shall also be prohibited from using grant funding received 10 from the council on the arts to fund components of an organization's 11 budget that are not directed towards programs in the state. If an 12 organization is found to have violated this section, they shall (1) be 13 required to reimburse back to the council on the arts, all monies 14 received under the particular grant within thirty days or face a fine to 15 be determined by the department of state, and (2) not be allowed to 16 reapply for future funding until they provide proof to the council on EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02373-04-6
