Bill Text: NY S06733 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state council on the arts to award certificates of merit to artists in selected disciplines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-14 - referred to ways and means [S06733 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06733-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6733
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 11, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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 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.
                                                                   LBD13733-03-6
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