Bill Text: NY S04437 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state council on the arts to provide awards to encourage and honor young writers in New York state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S04437 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S04437-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4437 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation AN ACT to authorize the New York state council on the arts to provide awards to encourage and honor young writers in New York state 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 each summer, 10 writers between 4 the ages of 12 and 16, inclusive, to each receive an award with an hono- 5 rarium of $3,000; if such honorarium and award is established in stat- 6 ute. 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, be between the ages of 12 and 16, inclu- 11 sive, and be engaged in productive and meritorious creative writing 12 endeavors as defined by the council, and that such awards will be grant- 13 ed in the summer months annually. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04486-01-1
