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Senate Bill S8230

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires organizations applying for arts and cultural grants from the state council on the arts to demonstrate that their principal place of business is within New York state

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2015-S8230 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10754
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Arts and Cultural Affairs Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3.19, Arts & Cul L (as proposed in S.3339-B & A.3420-B)
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S975, A369

2015-S8230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires organizations applying for arts and cultural grants from the New York State council on the arts to provide documentation demonstrating that the organization's principal place of business is within New York State.

2015-S8230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8230

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            December 23, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the arts  and  cultural  affairs  law,  in  relation  to
  prohibiting  the New York state council on the arts from awarding arts
  and cultural grants when an organization  has  no  place  of  business
  within  the  state and does not apply awarded monies to New York state
  programs

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

  Section 1. Section 3.19 of the arts and cultural affairs law, as added
by  a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the arts and cultural affairs
law relating to prohibiting the New York state council on the arts  from
awarding  arts  and cultural grants when an organization has no place of
business within the state and does not apply awarded monies to New  York
state programs as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3339-B and A.
3420-B, is amended to read as follows:
  S 3.19. Prohibition. 1. (A) The council on the arts shall be prohibit-
ed  from [issuing] AWARDING grants to an organization unless such organ-
ization is incorporated as a nonprofit organization either in the  state
or, if an organization is incorporated elsewhere, such organization must
be  registered  to  do  business  in the state through the department of
state and must have its principal place of business located  within  the
state. [Grant recipients shall also be prohibited from using grant fund-
ing  received  from  the  council  on  the arts to fund components of an
organization's budget that are not  directed  towards  programs  in  the
state.   If an organization is found to have violated this section, they
shall (1) be required to reimburse back to the council on the arts,  all
monies  received under the particular grant within thirty days or face a
fine to be determined by the department of state, and (2) not be allowed
to reapply for future funding until they provide proof to the council on
the arts of their subsequent filing of articles  of  incorporation  with
the department of state in New York.]
  (B)  ANY  ORGANIZATION APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING SHALL PROVIDE TO THE
COUNCIL ON THE ARTS DOCUMENTATION  DEMONSTRATING  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THIS

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

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