Assembly Bill A3296

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of rugby

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A3296 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9954
2023-2024: A1468

2025-A3296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of rugby.

2025-A3296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3296
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to authorizing
   the  department  of  economic  development to give a preference to any
   tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of rugby

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the economic development
 law, as amended by chapter 678 of the laws of 2024, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  Encourage, facilitate and coordinate the planning and implementa-
 tion of programs to advertise, stimulate, promote and  increase  tourist
 travel,  resort,  vacation, culture and convention activities within the
 state and its regions with such flexibility as to bring about as  effec-
 tive and economical a tourist promotion plan as possible. The department
 shall  give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promot-
 ing the sport of cricket [or], the sport of stickball OR  THE  SPORT  OF
 RUGBY;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided, however, that if chapter 678 of
 the laws of 2024 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then
 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2024, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06729-01-5

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