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Senate Bill S8294

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to proving for rules and regulations for municipalities charging film permit fees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23 §450, Ec Dev L

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the empire state development corporation and the governor's office of motion picture and television development to promulgate rules and regulations for municipalities charging film permit fees.

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8294
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the economic development law, in relation to directing
   the empire state development corporation and the governor's office  of
   motion  picture  and  television  development  to promulgate rules and
   regulations for municipalities charging film permit fees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
 article 23 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 23
                FILM, TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS
 SECTION 450. FILM PERMIT FEES.
   § 450. FILM PERMIT FEES. THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION
 DEVELOPMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING PERMIT FEES
 CHARGED  BY  MUNICIPALITIES  FOR   FILM,   TELEVISION   AND   COMMERCIAL
 PRODUCTIONS. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED  TO, LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES FOR A SPECIFIC MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN BE
 CHARGED BY A MUNICIPALITY FOR ALL SUCH FEES IN EACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 REGION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14917-01-0

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