Amd §3.03, Arts & Cul L (as proposed in S.7296-A & A.8978-A)
Provides that upon a vacancy, the council of the arts shall not be deemed out of compliance with the requirement that each of the ten regions of the state be represented by at least one member of the council so long as such vacancy is filled within a reasonable time and the appointment made for such new vacancy moves the composition of the council closer to such requirement.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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793
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to vacan-
cies on the council of the arts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 3.03 of the arts
2 and cultural affairs law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024
3 amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to requiring the
4 council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the
5 state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7296-A and A. 8978-A,
6 is amended to read as follows:
7 (c) The council on the arts shall not be out of compliance with this
8 section upon vacancy, and shall retain its full powers enumerated in
9 section 3.05 of this article, provided that[, to the extent practicable,
10 as each new successive vacancy occurs,] such vacancy is filled within a
11 reasonable time and the appointment made for such new vacancy shall move
12 the composition of the council closer to the requirement that each of
13 the ten regions of the state as defined by the empire state development
14 corporation be represented by at least one member of the council to the
15 extent practicable.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
17 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the arts and cultural
18 affairs law relating to requiring the council on the arts to have
19 members from each of the ten regions of the state, as proposed in legis-
20 lative bills numbers S. 7296-A and A. 8978-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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