Bill Text: NY S03339 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3339
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 2015
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       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
       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  already  applied  for
         and/or received grant funding from another state
         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 3.17 to read as follows:
    3    S 3.17.  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.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
   13  this  act  shall  apply  only to grants issued on or after the effective
   14  date of this act that are not subject to contracts entered into  by  the
   15  council  on  the  arts  to  provide grants which contracts were executed
   16  prior to the effective date of this act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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