Assembly Bill A369

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires organizations applying for arts and cultural grants from the state council on the arts to demonstrate that their principal place of business is within New York state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A369 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S975
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3.19, Arts & Cul L (as proposed in S.3339-B & A.3420-B)
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10754, S8230

2017-A369 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires organizations applying for arts and cultural grants from the New York State council on the arts to provide documentation demonstrating that the organization's principal place of business is within New York State.

2017-A369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    369
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  arts  and  cultural affairs law, in relation to
   prohibiting the New York state council on the arts from awarding  arts
   and  cultural  grants  when  an  organization has no place of business
   within the state and does not apply awarded monies to New  York  state
   programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3.19 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added
 by a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the arts and cultural  affairs
 law  relating to prohibiting the New York state council on the arts from
 awarding arts and cultural grants when an organization has no  place  of
 business  within the state and does not apply awarded monies to New York
 state programs as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3339-B and A.
 3420-B, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3.19. Prohibition. 1. (A) The council on the arts shall be prohibit-
 ed from [issuing] AWARDING grants to an organization unless such  organ-
 ization  is incorporated as a nonprofit organization either in the state
 or, if an organization is incorporated elsewhere, such organization must
 be registered to do business in the  state  through  the  department  of
 state  and  must have its principal place of business located within the
 state. [Grant recipients shall also be prohibited from using grant fund-
 ing received from the council on the  arts  to  fund  components  of  an
 organization's  budget  that  are  not  directed towards programs in the
 state.  If an organization is found to have violated this section,  they
 shall  (1) be required to reimburse back to the council on the arts, all
 monies received under the particular grant within thirty days or face  a
 fine to be determined by the department of state, and (2) not be allowed
 to reapply for future funding until they provide proof to the council on

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07072-01-7

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