Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 09, 2025 |
ordered to third reading cal.1659 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 27, 2025 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S8255
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2025-S8255 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- State Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §97-v, St Fin L
2025-S8255 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Renames the New York state musical instrument revolving fund as the New York state music grant fund; broadens the use of such funds to be available as grants to not-for-profit symphony orchestras and/or other not-for-profit musical entities incorporated in the state and organized for the purpose of the presentation of performing arts and education in the performing arts for the benefit of the public and which have been approved pursuant to guidelines established by the council.
2025-S8255 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8255 SPONSOR: SERRANO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the New York state musical instrument revolving fund PURPOSE OF THE BILL: An act to amend the finance law, in relation to the New York State coun- cil on the arts. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: To amend the Section 97-v of the finance law to allow unused funds to be designated for the not-for-profit musical entities across the state. JUSTIFICATION: The proposed changes will allow currently unused funds currently desig-
2025-S8255 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8255 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SERRANO -- (at request of the NYS Council on The Arts) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the New York state musical instrument revolving fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 97-v of the state finance law, as added by chapter 851 of the laws of 1983, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: § 97-v. New York state [musical instrument revolving] MUSIC GRANT fund. 1. There is hereby established in the custody of the state comp- troller, a special fund to be known as the "New York state [musical instrument revolving] MUSIC GRANT fund". 2. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose, all monies transferred to such fund pursuant to law and all monies required by the provisions of this section or any other law to be paid into or credited to this fund, including all monies received by the fund or donated to it. The total of monies deposited as a result of appropri- ations from state funds into this fund shall not exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. Monies in the fund shall be kept separate and shall not be commingled with any other monies otherwise appropriated or received except as hereby provided. 3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available to the New York state council on the arts for the purpose of providing assistance, excluding administrative costs, for [the loan, lease and purchase of musical instruments and other related property and equipment, as herein provided, by] GRANTS TO not-for-profit symphony orchestras and/or other not-for-profit musical entities incorporated in the state and organized for the purpose of the presentation of performing arts for the benefit of the public and which have been approved pursuant to guidelines estab- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09945-01-5
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