NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1425

Senate Bill S1425

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to developing criteria and guidelines for state designated arts and cultural districts

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
Jun 20, 2019	committed to rules
Feb 12, 2019	advanced to third reading
Feb 11, 2019	2nd report cal.
Feb 05, 2019	1st report cal.125
Jan 14, 2019	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

- Feb 5, 2019 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote
  S1425
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote: Feb 5, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Funke
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Little
      
      May
      
      Ramos
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Serrano

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2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3723
Current Committee:: Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:: Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3.17, Arts & Cul L; amd §168, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S6271, A9351
2017-2018: S3108, A392
2021-2022: S1358, A267
2023-2024: S253, A2563

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the council on the arts to establish criteria and guidelines for the establishment of state designated arts and cultural districts.

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1425

SPONSOR: SERRANO
 
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-designated

arts and cultural district, such districts shall receive various devel-
opment opportunities, technical assistance, and marketing guidance. The
New York Tourism Advisory Council shall also make recommendations for
encouraging tourism specifically to state-designated arts and cultural
districts.

 
PRIOR EXISTING LEGISLATION:

2017 - 2018: S3108 - Passed Senate. Delivered to Assembly - tourism,
parks, arts and sports development

 
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 support. 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 leveraging current state resources for these specialized districts,
the state will help struggling municipalities benefit from their artis-
tic 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 plac-
es.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016: S6271A- Referred to Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks & Recreation;
Passed Senate; Delivered to Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal. Most resources provided for would be based on pre-existing
appropriations and grants.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
120 days after becoming a law.

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1425
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, PARKER, PERSAUD --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  The  arts and cultural affairs law is amended by adding a
 new section 3.17 to read as follows:
   § 3.17. ARTS AND CULTURAL  DISTRICT.  1.  THE  COUNCIL  SHALL  DEVELOP
 CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES FOR STATE DESIGNATED ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICTS
 AND  SHALL  DEVELOP  AN  APPLICATION PROCESS FOR RECEIVING SUCH A DESIG-
 NATION. A DISTRICT SHALL BE DEFINED AS A  GEOGRAPHIC  AREA  OF  A  CITY,
 TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  WITH  A CONCENTRATION OF ARTS OR CULTURAL FACILITIES
 LOCATED WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES. CRITERIA  DEVELOPED  BY  THE  COUNCIL  TO
 DESIGNATE  A  DISTRICT  SHALL INCLUDE DETERMINATIONS THAT SUCH DISTRICT:
 (A) ATTRACTS ARTISTS OR  CULTURAL  ENTERPRISES  TO  THE  COMMUNITY,  (B)
 ENCOURAGES  BUSINESS  AND JOB DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THE PRE-EXISTING INSTI-
 TUTIONS, (C) ATTRACTS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TOURISM, (D) ENHANCES LOCAL
 PROPERTY VALUES AND FOSTERS LOCAL CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, OR (E)  HAS  THE
 POTENTIAL  TO  MEET  ANY OF THE CATEGORICAL DETERMINATIONS IF SUFFICIENT
 STATE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO THE PROPOSED  DISTRICT.  THE
 COUNCIL SHALL ALSO DEVELOP GUIDELINES THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO A CITY,
 TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  IN  DEVELOPING  AN  APPLICATION FOR DISTRICT CERTIF-
 ICATION.
   2. FOR ANY STATE DESIGNATED ARTS AND CULTURAL  DISTRICT,  THE  COUNCIL
 AND  THE  URBAN  DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION  SHALL PROVIDE STATE SUPPORTED
 ASSISTANCE TO THE DISTRICT IN ITS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED
 TO  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING FOR FEDERAL AND NON-PROFIT GRANTS,
 MARKETING EXPERTISE, IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER STATE  RESOURCES  THAT  MAY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00417-01-9

 S. 1425                             2
 
 ASSIST  A  DISTRICT'S  ACTIVITIES  OR  PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE CREATED OR
 EXPANDED WITHIN STATE AGENCIES TO ASSIST DISTRICTS.
   3.  FOR  ANY  GRANTS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS
 ARTICLE, THE COUNCIL SHALL PROVIDE THE MOST FAVORABLE  TREATMENT  ALLOW-
 ABLE TO AN APPLICANT LOCATED WITHIN A DESIGNATED DISTRICT.
   4.  TWO  OR MORE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY JOINTLY  APPLY FOR A DESIGNATED
 DISTRICT WHERE THE PROPOSED  GEOGRAPHIC  AREA  OF  SUCH  DISTRICT  SHALL
 EXTEND ACROSS COMMONLY HELD JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.
   5.  THE COUNCIL MAY ACCEPT OR REJECT AN APPLICATION UNDER THIS SECTION
 AND MAY PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE APPLICATION  IN  LIEU  OF  ACCEPTANCE.
 APPLICANTS  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  A  RESPONSE  WITHIN  NINETY DAYS OF THE
 RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION, AND ANY AMENDMENTS TO  SUCH  AN  APPLICATION
 SHALL BE RESPONDED TO WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  4  and  5  of subdivision (e) of section 168 of the
 economic development law are renumbered paragraphs 5 and  6  and  a  new
 paragraph 4 is added to read as follows:
   (4)  EVALUATE  AND  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC TOURISM
 PROMOTION FOR ANY  STATE  DESIGNATED  ARTS  AND  CULTURAL  DISTRICT,  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION 3.17 OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW;
   §  3.  No later than three hundred sixty-five days after the effective
 date of this act, the council on the arts shall issue a  report  to  the
 temporary  president of the Senate, the speaker of the Assembly, and the
 chairs of the relevant legislative committees recommending  any  changes
 to  any provisions of law that would effectuate the purpose of this act,
 including but not limited to providing additional state  incentives  and
 benefits,  altering  the application process, promoting additional tour-
 ism, and any other measures that would aid the  operations  of  proposed
 and current arts and cultural districts.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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Sponsored By

Jose M. Serrano

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee

co-Sponsors

Jamaal T. Bailey

Leroy Comrie

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Kevin S. Parker

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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