STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
6733
IN SENATE
February 11, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to authorize the New York council on the arts to award certif-
icates of merit to artists in selected disciplines
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regu-
2 lation or policy to the contrary, it shall be permissible for the New
3 York state council on the arts to select and award certificates of merit
4 together with an honorarium not to exceed $10,000 per awardee to indi-
5 viduals in artistic or cultural disciplines within the purview of such
6 council; if such honorarium and award is established in statute.
7 The procedures and guidelines as are necessary to effect the
8 provisions of this act shall be established by the New York state coun-
9 cil on the arts, but shall require at a minimum, that the candidates be
10 born in New York state and have engaged in their respective work prima-
11 rily in this state.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13733-03-6
