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, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   1914
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of section 4.07 of the arts and cultural
 affairs law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter 56 of  the  laws
 of  2008,  is  amended  and  a  new  subdivision  12 is added to read as
 follows:
   11. To establish a program, in consultation with the  commissioner  of
 general  services,  for  the  promotion  of  the  empire state plaza art
 collection to the public through such means as determined by the commis-
 sion to be appropriate, including, but not limited to, educational semi-
 nars, remote exhibitions, special events and the sale  of  souvenirs  or
 mementos  related to the collection. All receipts of the commission from
 promotional efforts shall  be  deposited  in  a  state  fiduciary  fund,
 expenditures  from which shall be limited to the purposes of the commis-
 sion set forth in this article[.];
   12. (A) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENER-
 AL SERVICES, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE  GOVERNOR
 ON THE NAMING OF AGENCY BUILDING ONE, AGENCY BUILDING TWO, AGENCY BUILD-
 ING  THREE  AND AGENCY BUILDING FOUR, LOCATED AT THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA.
 THE COMMISSION SHALL SELECT FROM A LIST OF MAJOR RIVERS LOCATED  IN  THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) ST. LAWRENCE RIVER;
   (II) GENESEE RIVER;
   (III) ALLEGHANY RIVER;
   (IV) HUDSON RIVER;
   (V) NIAGARA RIVER;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (VI) SUSQUEHANNA RIVER;
   (VII) CHENANGO RIVER;
   (VIII) MOHAWK RIVER;
   (IX) EAST RIVER; AND
   (X) HARLEM RIVER.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNOR WHICH
 SHALL CONSIDER THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MAJOR RIVER.
   (C) THE GOVERNOR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSION'S  RECOMMENDATION,
 SHALL  DETERMINE  THE NAMES OF AGENCY BUILDING ONE, AGENCY BUILDING TWO,
 AGENCY BUILDING THREE AND AGENCY BUILDING FOUR, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS  AFTER
 THE COMMISSION SUBMITS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law. Effectively immediately, the empire state
 plaza art commission is authorized to promulgate,  amend  and/or  repeal
 any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on
 its effective date.