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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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793
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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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:
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 3.03 of the arts
and cultural affairs law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024
amending the arts and cultural affairs law relating to requiring the
council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the
state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7296-A and A. 8978-A,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) The council on the arts shall not be out of compliance with this
section UPON VACANCY, AND SHALL RETAIN ITS FULL POWERS ENUMERATED IN
SECTION 3.05 OF THIS ARTICLE, provided that[, to the extent practicable,
as each new successive vacancy occurs,] SUCH VACANCY IS FILLED WITHIN A
REASONABLE TIME AND the appointment made for such NEW vacancy shall move
the composition of the council closer to the requirement that each of
the ten regions of the state as defined by the empire state development
corporation be represented by at least one member of the council TO THE
EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the arts and cultural
affairs law relating to requiring the council on the arts to have
members from each of the ten regions of the state, as proposed in legis-
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.
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