Requires the empire state plaza art commission to examine the historical significance of major rivers in the state of New York in connection with renaming the agency buildings located at the empire state plaza; requires the governor to choose the new agency building names within 60 days after the commission's recommendation.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, McDONALD, FAHY -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
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;
(VIII) MOHAWK RIVER;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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