Assembly Bill A6797

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to establish a history, arts, and culture levy

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6797 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-w, amd §3-c, Gen Muni L

2023-A6797 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to establish a history, arts, and culture levy to support history, arts, and culture; exempts such levy from the real property tax levy limit.

2023-A6797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6797
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BARRETT, THIELE, JONES, GLICK, SIMON, BENDETT,
   McDONOUGH, JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Local
   Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
   municipalities to establish a history, arts, and culture levy

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 6-w to read as follows:
   § 6-W. HISTORY, ARTS, AND CULTURE FUNDS.  1. AS USED IN THIS  SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "HISTORY,  ARTS,  AND CULTURE" MEANS CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ACTIV-
 ITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, MUSEUM CURA-
 TION, PERFORMING, VISUAL, AND FINE ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE,  GRAPHIC  DESIGN,
 FILM,  DIGITAL  MEDIA  AND VIDEO, ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN, HUMANI-
 TIES,  LITERATURE,  HISTORIC  EDUCATION,  ARTS  AND  CULTURE  EDUCATION,
 CRAFTS, AND FOLK ARTS.
   (B) "LOCAL ARTS COUNCIL" MEANS AN ENTITY, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A LOCAL
 ARTS AGENCY, ARTS COMMISSION, OR CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICE, THAT:
   (I)  IS  EITHER  A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AGENCY, OR A PRIVATE
 ENTITY EXEMPT FROM  FEDERAL  INCOME  TAXATION  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  (3)  OF
 SUBSECTION  (C)  OF  SECTION 501 OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
 1986 (26 U.S.C. S.501(C)(3)); AND
   (II) MAINTAINS A MISSION THAT GENERALLY INVOLVES MAKING HISTORY, ARTS,
 AND CULTURE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS,
 ART PROGRAMMING, OR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON  HISTORY,  ARTS,  AND
 CULTURE.
   (C) "TAX" MEANS A CHARGE IMPOSED UPON REAL PROPERTY BY OR ON BEHALF OF
 A  COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, BUT SHALL HAVE
 A DIFFERENT MEANING IF THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09643-03-3
 A. 6797                             2
              

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