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S 793: Provides that upon a vacancy, the council of the arts shall not be deemed out of compliance with the requirement that each of the ten regions of the state be represented by at least one member of the council so long as such vacancy is filled within a reasonable time and the appointment made for such new vacancy moves the composition of the council closer to such requirement.
What S 793 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to amend the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law in New York. It requires the Council on the Arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state, as defined by the Empire State Development Corporation. In the event of a vacancy, the council must retain its full powers and fill the vacancy within a reasonable time. The new appointment must move the composition of the council closer to the requirement of having at least one member from each region. The bill takes effect on the same date as a similar amendment to the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law that was enacted in 2024.
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| Feb. 14, 2025 | SIGNED CHAP.88 |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | passed assembly |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.40 |
| Jan. 28, 2025 | substituted for a435 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 358 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 793 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to vacan- cies on the council of the arts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 3.03 of the arts 2 and cultural affairs law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 3 amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to requiring the 4 council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the 5 state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7296-A and A. 8978-A, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 (c) The council on the arts shall not be out of compliance with this 8 section upon vacancy, and shall retain its full powers enumerated in 9 section 3.05 of this article, provided that[, to the extent practicable,10as each new successive vacancy occurs,] such vacancy is filled within a 11 reasonable time and the appointment made for such new vacancy shall move 12 the composition of the council closer to the requirement that each of 13 the ten regions of the state as defined by the empire state development 14 corporation be represented by at least one member of the council to the 15 extent practicable. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 17 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the arts and cultural 18 affairs law relating to requiring the council on the arts to have 19 members from each of the ten regions of the state, as proposed in legis- 20 lative bills numbers S. 7296-A and A. 8978-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02726-01-5
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