Senate Bill S8722A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the empire state plaza art commission to provide recommendations to the governor on renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza

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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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2023-S8722 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4.07, Arts & Cul L

2023-S8722 - Summary

Requires the empire state plaza art commission to provide recommendations to the governor on renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; establishes considerations to include places, persons and matters of significance to the state that reflect state values; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.

2023-S8722 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8722 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8722
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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, in relation to renam-
   ing agency building one, agency building two,  agency  building  three
   and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 4.07 of  the  arts  and  cultural
 affairs  law,  as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2008, is amended and a  new  subdivision  12  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   11.  To  establish a program, in consultation with the commissioner of
 general services, for the  promotion  of  the  empire  state  plaza  art
 collection to the public through such means as determined by the commis-
 sion to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, educational semi-
 nars,  remote  exhibitions,  special events and the sale of souvenirs or
 mementos related to the collection. All receipts of the commission  from
 promotional  efforts  shall  be  deposited  in  a  state fiduciary fund,
 expenditures from which shall be limited to the purposes of the  commis-
 sion set forth in this article[.];
   12. (A) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENER-
 AL  SERVICES, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR
 ON THE NAMING OF AGENCY BUILDING ONE, AGENCY BUILDING TWO, AGENCY BUILD-
 ING THREE AND AGENCY BUILDING FOUR, LOCATED AT THE EMPIRE  STATE  PLAZA.
 THE  COMMISSION  SHALL SELECT FROM A LIST OF MAJOR RIVERS LOCATED IN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) ST. LAWRENCE RIVER;
   (II) GENESEE RIVER;
   (III) ALLEGHANY RIVER;
   (IV) HUDSON RIVER;
   (V) NIAGARA RIVER;
   (VI) SUSQUEHANNA RIVER;
   (VII) CHENANGO RIVER;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S8722A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4.07, Arts & Cul L

2023-S8722A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the empire state plaza art commission to provide recommendations to the governor on renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; establishes considerations to include places, persons and matters of significance to the state that reflect state values; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.

2023-S8722A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8722A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8722--A
     Cal. No. 743
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and  Recreation  --  reported  favorably  from  said  committee,
   ordered  to  first  and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading

 AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to renam-
   ing  agency  building  one, agency building two, agency building three
   and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of section 4.07 of the arts and cultural
 affairs law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of  2008,  is  amended  and  a  new  subdivision  12 is added to read as
 follows:
   11. To establish a program, in consultation with the  commissioner  of
 general  services,  for  the  promotion  of  the  empire state plaza art
 collection to the public through such means as determined by the commis-
 sion to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, educational semi-
 nars, remote exhibitions, special events and the sale  of  souvenirs  or
 mementos  related to the collection. All receipts of the commission from
 promotional efforts shall  be  deposited  in  a  state  fiduciary  fund,
 expenditures  from which shall be limited to the purposes of the commis-
 sion set forth in this article[.];
   12. (A) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENER-
 AL SERVICES, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE  GOVERNOR
 ON THE NAMING OF AGENCY BUILDING ONE, AGENCY BUILDING TWO, AGENCY BUILD-
 ING  THREE  AND AGENCY BUILDING FOUR, LOCATED AT THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA.
 THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER A VARIETY OF NAMES OR CATEGORIES OF  NAMES
 THAT REFLECT STATE VALUES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PLACES, PERSONS,
 AND MATTERS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STATE.
   (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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