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Assembly Bill A6550

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Exempts attorneys from the definition of theatrical employment agency

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2025-A6550 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §171, Gen Bus L; amd §37.01, Arts & Cul L

2025-A6550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts attorneys from the definition of theatrical employment agency.

2025-A6550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6550
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business  law  and  the  arts  and  cultural
   affairs law, in relation to exempting attorneys from the definition of
   theatrical employment agency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 171 of the general  business  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  460 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
 follows:
   8. "Theatrical employment agency" means  any  person  (as  defined  in
 subdivision  seven  of this section) who procures or attempts to procure
 employment or engagements for an artist, but such term does not  include
 the business of managing entertainments, exhibitions or performances, or
 the  artists  or  attractions constituting the same, where such business
 only incidentally involves the seeking of employment therefor,  PROVIDED
 FURTHER,  SUCH  TERM  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE ATTORNEYS DULY ADMITTED TO THE
 PRACTICE OF LAW IN NEW YORK STATE.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 37.01 of the arts and  cultural  affairs
 law,  as  amended by chapter 460 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
 as follows:
   3. "Theatrical employment agency" means  any  person  (as  defined  in
 subdivision  one  hereof) who procures or attempts to procure employment
 or engagements for an artist, but such term does not include  the  busi-
 ness  of  managing  entertainments,  exhibitions or performances, or the
 artists or attractions constituting the same, where such  business  only
 incidentally  involves  the  seeking  of  employment  therefor, PROVIDED
 FURTHER, SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE  ATTORNEYS  DULY  ADMITTED  TO  THE
 PRACTICE OF LAW IN NEW YORK STATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10448-01-5

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