STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9662

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business  law  and  the  arts  and  cultural
          affairs law, in relation to exempting attorneys from the definition of
          theatrical employment agency

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 171 of the general  business  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  460 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    8. "Theatrical employment agency" means  any  person  (as  defined  in
     5  subdivision  seven  of this section) who procures or attempts to procure
     6  employment or engagements for an artist, but such term does not  include
     7  the business of managing entertainments, exhibitions or performances, or
     8  the  artists  or  attractions constituting the same, where such business
     9  only incidentally involves the seeking of employment therefor,  provided
    10  further,  such  term  shall  not  include attorneys duly admitted to the
    11  practice of law in New York state.
    12    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 37.01 of the arts and  cultural  affairs
    13  law,  as  amended by chapter 460 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
    14  as follows:
    15    3. "Theatrical employment agency" means  any  person  (as  defined  in
    16  subdivision  one  hereof) who procures or attempts to procure employment
    17  or engagements for an artist, but such term does not include  the  busi-
    18  ness  of  managing  entertainments,  exhibitions or performances, or the
    19  artists or attractions constituting the same, where such  business  only
    20  incidentally  involves  the  seeking  of  employment  therefor, provided
    21  further, such term shall not include  attorneys  duly  admitted  to  the
    22  practice of law in New York state.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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