Bill Text: NY S07274 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a historic business preservation registry to serve as an educational and promotional tool to recognize historic community-serving businesses as valuable cultural assets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-10-07 - SIGNED CHAP.241 [S07274 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07274-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7274--A

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 15, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SERRANO -- 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

        AN  ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
          relation to establishing a historic business preservation registry

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

     1    Section  1.  The  parks,  recreation  and historic preservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new section 14.11 to read as follows:
     3    § 14.11 Historic business preservation registry. 1. Purpose. A  regis-
     4  try  of  historic  businesses  in the state shall be established for the
     5  purpose of recognizing that historic  community-serving  businesses  are
     6  valuable  cultural assets that serve as examples of the rich and diverse
     7  history of the communities in the state. Such registry shall also  serve
     8  as  a    tool  for  providing  educational and promotional assistance to
     9  historic businesses to encourage their continued viability and success.
    10    2. Establishment. The office shall establish and maintain  a  registry
    11  of  historic  businesses  in  the  state and maintain an online registry
    12  which includes the name, address and a list of products and/or  services
    13  offered by each historic business that has been accepted into the regis-
    14  try.
    15    3.  Eligibility.  A  historic  business  must first be nominated by an
    16  assembly member, senator,  the  governor  or  the  lieutenant  governor.
    17  Nominations are limited to two per elected official per term. An elected
    18  official  shall  not  nominate  a  business  if  they, or a close family
    19  member, including a spouse, children, siblings or parents, own or have a
    20  major investment stake in such business.
    21    4. Application. (a) After a business is nominated pursuant to subdivi-
    22  sion three of this section,  such  business  shall  submit  a  completed
    23  application  for  final approval. Such   application shall be created by
    24  the office and shall include the following requirements:
    25    (i) The business shall have operated in the state for thirty  or  more
    26  years  with no break in operations exceeding two years. The business may

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  have operated in more than one location, but shall have operated in  the
     2  same municipality for a minimum of fifty years.
     3    (ii) The business has contributed to the municipality's history and/or
     4  identity of such municipality.
     5    (iii)  The  business is committed to maintaining the physical features
     6  and/or traditions that define such business, including but  not  limited
     7  to, craft, culinary or art forms.
     8    (b) The office, upon receipt of a nomination and accompanying applica-
     9  tion,  shall  make a determination of whether the applicant sufficiently
    10  meets the requirements  necessary to be accepted into such registry. The
    11  nominating elected official and the applicant shall be notified  by  the
    12  office  if  such  applicant  is not accepted into the registry and shall
    13  explain the determination of ineligibility.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect six months after it shall have  become
    15  a law.