Senate Bill S6716

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the local historian for any municipality in the county of Niagara shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of such municipality

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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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2009-S6716 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9849
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §57.07, Arts & Cul L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S234, A5139
2013-2014: A4317

2009-S6716 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the county historian for the county of Niagara and the local historian for any city, town or village located within the county of Niagara shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of such county, city, town or village.

2009-S6716 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6716 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6716

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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  the
  appointment of local historians in the county of Niagara

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 57.07 of  the  arts  and  cultural
affairs  law,  as amended by chapter 737 of the laws of 1987, is amended
to read as follows:
  1. A local historian shall be appointed, as provided in this  section,
for  each  city,  town  or  village,  except  that in a city of over one
million inhabitants a  local  historian  shall  be  appointed  for  each
borough therein instead of for the city at large; and a county historian
may  be  appointed for each county. Such historian shall be appointed as
follows: For a city, by the mayor; for a borough, by the borough  presi-
dent;  for a town, by the supervisor; for a village, by the mayor; for a
county, by the board of supervisors.    PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE  COUNTY
HISTORIAN  FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  NIAGARA AND THE LOCAL HISTORIAN FOR ANY
CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE LOCATED WITHIN THE  COUNTY  OF  NIAGARA  SHALL  BE
APPOINTED  BY  THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR
VILLAGE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH HISTORIANS, AS WELL  AS  ANY  DEPUTY
HISTORIANS  WORKING  WITH SUCH HISTORIANS, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. Such historian shall serve  without  compensation,
unless  the  governing board of the city, town, village or county for or
in which he or she was appointed or in the city of New York, the  mayor,
shall  otherwise  provide.  In  a city having a board of estimate, other
than the city of  New  York,  a  resolution  or  ordinance  establishing
compensation  or salary for such historian shall not take effect without
the concurrence of such board. Each  local  government  historian  shall
promote the establishment and improvement of programs for the management
and  preservation  of  local  government records with enduring value for
historical or other research; encourage the coordinated  collection  and
preservation of nongovernmental historical records by libraries, histor-

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

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