S 4722: 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.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4722 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 4.07 of the arts and cultural 2 affairs law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws 3 of 2008, is amended and a new subdivision 12 is added to read as 4 follows: 5 11. To establish a program, in consultation with the commissioner of 6 general services, for the promotion of the empire state plaza art 7 collection to the public through such means as determined by the commis- 8 sion to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, educational semi- 9 nars, remote exhibitions, special events and the sale of souvenirs or 10 mementos related to the collection. All receipts of the commission from 11 promotional efforts shall be deposited in a state fiduciary fund, 12 expenditures from which shall be limited to the purposes of the commis- 13 sion set forth in this article[.]; 14 12. (a) In collaboration with the commissioner of the office of gener- 15 al services, the commission shall make a recommendation to the governor 16 on the naming of agency building one, agency building two, agency build- 17 ing three and agency building four, located at the empire state plaza. 18 The commission shall consider a variety of names or categories of names 19 that reflect state values, including but not limited to places, persons, 20 and matters of significance to the state. 21 (b) The commission shall within one year of the effective date of this 22 subdivision, make a recommendation to the governor. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05285-02-5 
 S. 4722 2 1 (c) The governor, in accordance with the commission's recommendation, 2 shall determine the names of agency building one, agency building two, 3 agency building three and agency building four, within sixty days after 4 the commission submits their recommendation. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 6 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the empire state 7 plaza art commission is authorized to promulgate, amend and/or repeal 8 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on 9 its effective date.