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A07737 Summary:

BILL NOA07737
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01062
 
SPONSORKim
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §3.17, Arts & Cul L
 
Directs the council on the arts to establish criteria and guidelines for the establishment of state designated arts and cultural districts.
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A07737 Actions:

BILL NOA07737
 
04/08/2025referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
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A07737 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7737
 
SPONSOR: Kim
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law and the economic development law, in relation to creating the arts and cultural district   PURPOSE: Relates to developing criteria and guidelines for state designated arts and cultural districts   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Requires the Council of the Arts to develop guidelines for state-desig- nated arts and cultural districts, which shall be designated as such upon application and approval if such a proposed district meets one of several criteria for economic development and positive community impact. A district may be within one municipality, or cross municipal lines based upon the nature of the district. Once certified as a state-desig- nated arts and cultural district, such districts shall receive various development opportunities, technical assistance, and marketing guidance.   JUSTIFICATION: There are many areas within the state that have specific artistic or cultural value and appeal, including geographic areas with a concen- tration of art, artists, or general places of cultural significance. These clusters provide significant economic and quality of life value to the local community or have the potential to do so if additional resources were available. This legislation would create a state-certi- fied "arts and cultural district" designation, allowing municipalities to apply for designation for areas of such clustering of art and cultural institutions and to receive state assistance. For a designated district, the Council of the Arts and the Empire State Development Corporation would provide, among other things, technical assistance in applying for grants, marketing expertise, guides for finding additional state resources, increased tourism opportunities, and other state resources and economic development opportunities. By certifying and assisting these specialized districts, the state will help struggling municipalities benefit from their artistic and cultural strengths. Whether a concentration of museums, large number of artistic residences, or historic sites with artistic or cultural value, many municipalities have untapped potential, and the state should encourage the growth and development of these special places.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2023-2024: S253A- Passed Senate. Passed Assembly. Delivered to Governor. Vetoed Memo.125 2022: S1358-A - Passed Senate. 2021: S1358 - Cultural Affairs Committee. 2020: S1425 - Cultural Affairs Committee. 2019: S1425 - Advanced to Third Reading. 2017 - 2018: S3108 - Passed Senate. 2016: S6271A - Passed Senate.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Minimal.   EFFECTIVE DATE: 120 days after becoming a law.
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A07737 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7737
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  arts  and cultural affairs law and the economic
          development law,  in  relation  to  creating  the  arts  and  cultural
          district

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The arts and cultural affairs law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new section 3.17 to read as follows:
     3    §  3.17.  Arts  and  cultural districts. 1.   For the purposes of this
     4  section, "arts and cultural districts" means geographic areas of a city,
     5  town or village with a concentration  of  arts  or  cultural  facilities
     6  located within its boundaries. Two or more local governments may jointly
     7  apply for a designated district where the proposed  geographic  area  of
     8  such  district  shall extend across commonly held jurisdictional bounda-
     9  ries.
    10    2.  The council, in cooperation with the department of economic devel-
    11  opment and any other state department, office, division  or  agency  the
    12  council deems necessary, shall develop criteria and guidelines for state
    13  designated arts and cultural districts.  Criteria developed by the coun-
    14  cil,  in cooperation with the department of economic development and any
    15  other state department, office, division or  agency  the  council  deems
    16  necessary,  to  designate  a  district shall, to the extent practicable,
    17  include, but not be limited to, determinations that such  district:  (a)
    18  attracts  artists, arts educators, or cultural enterprises to the commu-
    19  nity, (b) encourages enterprise and job development due to  the  concen-
    20  tration  of  artistic  or  cultural  activity,  a major arts or cultural
    21  institution or facility, arts and entertainment businesses, an area with
    22  arts and cultural activities, arts education, or  artistic  or  cultural
    23  production,  (c)  attracts  a sufficient amount of tourism, (d) enhances
    24  local property  values  and  fosters  local  cultural  development,  (e)
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01663-01-5

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     1  engages in the promotional, preservation, and educational aspects of the
     2  arts  and  culture of the community and contribute to the public through
     3  interpretive, educational, or recreational uses; or (f) satisfies  addi-
     4  tional  criteria  as  determined  by  the  council that will further the
     5  purposes of this section.  The council, in cooperation with the  depart-
     6  ment  of  economic  development  and any other state department, office,
     7  division or agency the  council  deems  necessary,  shall  also  develop
     8  guidelines  that  provide  assistance  to  a  city, town, or village, or
     9  multiple local governments applying jointly in developing an application
    10  for district certification.  For any state designated arts and  cultural
    11  district,   the  department of economic development, in cooperation with
    12  the council and any other state department, office, division  or  agency
    13  the department deems necessary, shall provide state supported assistance
    14  to  the district in its activities, including but not  limited to  tech-
    15  nical  assistance in applying for federal and non-profit grants, market-
    16  ing expertise, identification of other state    resources    that    may
    17  assist   a  district's activities  or  programs that could be created or
    18  expanded within state agencies to assist districts.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.
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