NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1468
SPONSOR: Conrad TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the economic development law, in relation to authorizing
the department of economic development to give a preference to any tour-
ist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of rugby
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require the Department of Economic Development to
promote the game of Rugby within New York State. Authorizes the economic
development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is
promoting the sport of Rugby.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends subdivision (a) of section 161 of the economic devel-
opment law as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2022. The department
seal give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting
the sport of Cricket or the sport of Rugby
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
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JUSTIFICATION:
Rugby has been one of the fastest growing sports in New York, and with
the recent inclusion of Rugby 7's in the Olympics that growth is only
expected to continue.
This bill will help to facilitate continued expansion of the game at
both the youth and adult level while promoting the work being done in
New York to grow the game to other communities. Thousands of New York
students play the game at both the High School and Collegiate level, and
the success of our current efforts can be seen in Western New York, as
St. Bonaventure recently won the 2021 Division 1 National Collegiate
Rugby championship. This bill will only help grow the game and promote
further success of Rugby in New York State.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law; provide, however, that if section 2 of chapter
86 of the laws of 2022 shall not have taken effect on or before such
date than this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as such chapter of the laws of 2022 takes effect.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1468
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to authorizing
the department of economic development to give a preference to any
tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of rugby
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the economic development
2 law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (a) Encourage, facilitate and coordinate the planning and implementa-
5 tion of programs to advertise, stimulate, promote and increase tourist
6 travel, resort, vacation, culture and convention activities within the
7 state and its regions with such flexibility as to bring about as effec-
8 tive and economical a tourist promotion plan as possible. The department
9 shall give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promot-
10 ing the sport of cricket or the sport of rugby;
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
12 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00786-01-3
