Legislation
SECTION 97-V*2
New York state music grant fund
State Finance (STF) CHAPTER 56, ARTICLE 6
* § 97-v. New York state music grant fund. 1. There is hereby
established in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner
of taxation and finance, a special fund to be known as the "New York
state 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
appropriations 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 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, which purpose may include
musical education in school districts and boards of cooperative
educational services, and which have been approved pursuant to
guidelines established by the council. Such monies shall also be
available for administrative costs of the council pursuant to approval
by the director of the budget.
4. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the council from receiving
grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in
this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
5. No monies shall be payable from this fund, except on the audit and
warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified and submitted by the
state council on the arts.
* NB There are 2 § 97-v's
established in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner
of taxation and finance, a special fund to be known as the "New York
state 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
appropriations 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 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, which purpose may include
musical education in school districts and boards of cooperative
educational services, and which have been approved pursuant to
guidelines established by the council. Such monies shall also be
available for administrative costs of the council pursuant to approval
by the director of the budget.
4. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the council from receiving
grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in
this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.
5. No monies shall be payable from this fund, except on the audit and
warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified and submitted by the
state council on the arts.
* NB There are 2 § 97-v's