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2023 New York Laws › ACG - Alternative County Government › Article 14 - Submission and Adoption › 653 - Form of Petition or Resolution.

§  653. Form of petition or resolution. The petition or resolution, as
  the case may be, shall specify:  (a)  the  alternative  form  of  county
  government  proposed,  unless the form is a continuation of the existing
  form; and (b) the variation or variations proposed,  if  any,  including
  any  proposed  transfer  of  functions  or  other additional arrangement
  authorized by this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ACG - Alternative County Government › Article 14 - Submission and Adoption › 654 - Advance Notice of Petition; Effect.

§  654.  Advance notice of petition; effect. Any elector of the county
  may file with the clerk of the board of supervisors  advance  notice  of
  his  intention  to  prepare,  circulate  and  file  a  petition  for the
  submission of any question authorized by this chapter. Any  such  notice
  shall  specify  the  alternative  form  of  county  government proposed,
  together with any variations and shall be accompanied by  a  deposit  of
  twenty-five  dollars.  If  the board of supervisors shall have adopted a
  resolution initiating a proceeding for the adoption  of  an  alternative
  form  of  county government, with or without variations, within ten days
  after the filing of such an advance notice, then and in that event  such
  advance   notice  shall  have  no  further  force  and  effect  and  the
  twenty-five dollars deposited shall be refunded to the person making the
  deposit. In the event that no such resolution is adopted by the board of
  supervisors within such period of ten days after the filing of  such  an
  advance  notice,  then  and  in that event if one-third of the number of
  signatures required for the submission of the question  are  filed  with
  such  clerk within twenty days and the remaining two-thirds within forty
  days after the filing of the notice, the twenty-five  dollars  shall  be
  refunded  to  the  person  making  the  deposit and no other petition or
  advance notice shall be filed or accepted for filing, or  resolution  of
  the  board  of  supervisors  adopted, for the submission of any question
  under this chapter, until the question proposed in  the  advance  notice
  shall  have  been  submitted to the electors of the county in accordance
  with the provisions of this chapter. The several parts of  the  petition
  filed  with  the  clerk  of the board of supervisors under this section,
  when complete, shall constitute one petition, which shall be  deemed  to
  be  filed  for the purposes of this chapter on the date the last portion
  is filed. If the required number of signatures is not filed  within  the
  twenty  day  period,  or  the  forty day period aforesaid, the notice of
  intention to file a petition shall be deemed withdrawn and shall have no
  further force or effect and the deposit of twenty-five dollars shall  be
  paid into the general fund of the county treasury.
2023 New York Laws › ACG - Alternative County Government › Article 14 - Submission and Adoption › 655 - Question.

§  655.  Question.  1.  Unless  the  proposal  is  for  a variation or
  variations of an existing  form,  the  first  question  submitted  shall
  indicate  by name the alternative form of county government proposed and
  shall be substantially in  the  form  indicated  below.  Each  variation
  proposed  shall  be  separately stated and submitted and the form of the
  questions shall be substantially according to the following examples:
"Shall the county of (name of county) adopt  the  (name  of  form)  of
  government?"
"If  the  (name  of  form) is adopted, shall the members of the common
  councils of cities within the county constitute the city supervisors  on
  the county board of supervisors?"
"If  the  (name  of  form)  is  adopted,  shall the county have county
  assessment of property  for  the  towns,  villages,  cities  and  school
  districts in the county?"
"If  county  assessment  of  property  for towns, villages, cities and
  school districts is adopted, shall the county have a board of  assessors
  of five members?"
"If  the  (name  of  form)  is  adopted,  shall the county have county
  collection of all taxes and special assessments levied on real  property
  in the county for city, town, village and school district purposes?"
2.  The form of each question to be submitted shall be prepared by the
  clerk of the board of supervisors or under his direction. The  clerk  of
  the  board  of  supervisors  may  also prepare or cause to be prepared a
  brief explanation of the effect of each  proposal  submitted.  He  shall
  transmit such questions and explanations, if any, forthwith to the board
  of  elections  of  the  county. Such board of elections, at least twenty
  days before the election, shall send two or more copies thereof  to  the
  clerk  of  every city, town or village in the county to be made a public
  record in his office and shall cause sufficient number of copies  to  be
  printed  and  made available to the electors at the time of registration
  or otherwise. In  addition,  such  board  of  elections  shall  cause  a
  sufficient  number  of  copies  to  be delivered with the other election
  supplies and distributed to the electors at the election.
3. Expenses incurred in connection with the submission of any question
  under this chapter shall be a charge against the county.
2023 New York Laws › ACG - Alternative County Government › Article 15 - Construction; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time of Taking Effect › 700 - Construction.

§  700.  Construction.  1.  The  provisions  of  this chapter shall be
  liberally construed for the purpose of effectuating the  intent  of  the
  people  in  adopting section two of article nine of the constitution. It
  is the intent of the legislature to  set  forth  the  structure  of  the
  alternative  forms  of  county government enumerated in this chapter and
  the manner in which each is to function.
2. It is not the intention of the legislature  hereby  to  abolish  or
  curtail  any  existing  powers  or  rights  heretofore conferred upon or
  delegated to a county or counties or  to  any  board,  body  or  officer
  thereof,  unless  a  contrary  intention  is  clearly  manifest from the
  express provisions of this chapter or by necessary intendment therefrom.
3. It is the intention of the legislature hereby to continue in  force
  all  special  laws  passed by the legislature, not inconsistent with the
  provisions  of  this  chapter,  until  repealed,  amended,  modified  or
  superseded by or pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or other law
  or pursuant to the form of government adopted by the county affected.
4.  All general laws applicable to counties, not inconsistent with the
  provisions of this chapter shall continue to apply to a county after  it
  has  adopted  one  of  the alternative forms of county government, until
  repealed,  amended,  modified  or  superseded  by  or  pursuant  to  the
  provisions of this chapter or other law or by or pursuant to the form of
  government adopted by the county.
5.  The  enumeration  of  specific  powers  by  this chapter shall not
  operate to detract from the meaning of any general grant of power or  to
  exclude other powers comprehended in such general grant of power.
6.  If  any clause, sentence, paragraph, word, section or part of this
  chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction  to  be
  invalid,  such  judgment  shall  not  affect,  impair, or invalidate the
  remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
  sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly  involved  in  the
  controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › ACG - Alternative County Government › Article 15 - Construction; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time of Taking Effect › 701 - Saving Clauses.

§  701.  Saving  clauses. 1. Nothing herein shall be deemed to affect,
impair or supersede the provisions of any alternative or  optional  form
of  county government, administrative code, county government law, civil
divisions act, or any local law heretofore or hereafter adopted pursuant
to any such optional or alternative form of county government, unless  a
contrary intent is expressly provided in this chapter.
2.  The optional county government law, in so far as the provisions of
such law apply to and are in force in the county of Monroe or any  other
county  at the time when the repeal of such law with respect to counties
generally takes effect, shall continue in effect in such  county  unless
and  until  repealed,  amended, modified or superseded by or pursuant to
the provisions of such law or this chapter or other general, special  or
local law.
3.  Nothing  herein shall be deemed to affect, impair or supersede any
special or local act of the legislature relating to the  preparation  of
assessment  rolls,  extension  and  collection of taxes, lien of tax and
foreclosure, sale or other disposition thereof.
4. This chapter, or the adoption of a form of county government herein
provided, shall not affect or impair:
(a) any pending action or proceeding, civil or criminal, but the  same
may  be  prosecuted  or  defended  in  the same manner and with the same
effect as though this chapter had not been enacted;
(b) any  contract,  or  act  done,  or  offense  committed,  or  right
accruing,  accrued or required, or liability, or penalty, or forfeiture,
or punishment incurred prior thereto,  but  the  same  may  be  enjoyed,
asserted,  enforced,  prosecuted  or  inflicted as fully and to the same
extent as if this chapter had not been enacted.
2023 New York Laws › ACG - Alternative County Government › Article 15 - Construction; Saving Clauses; Laws Repealed; Time of Taking Effect › 702 - Laws Repealed.

§  702.  Laws repealed. Chapter eight hundred sixty-two of the laws of
  nineteen hundred thirty-seven, entitled "An act in relation to providing
  alternative forms of county government, constituting chapter eleven-a of
  the consolidated laws, " and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental
  thereto, constituting the optional county  government  law,  are  hereby
  repealed,  except  as  otherwise provided herein. Such repeal shall take
  effect May fifteenth, nineteen hundred fifty-four.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 3 - Council on the Arts › 3.01 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy.

§ 3.01. Legislative  findings  and declaration of policy. It is hereby
  found that many of our citizens lack the opportunity to view,  enjoy  or
  participate in living theatrical performances, musical concerts, operas,
  dance  and ballet recitals, art exhibits, examples of fine architecture,
  and the performing and fine arts generally. It is hereby  further  found
  that,  with  increasing  leisure time, the practice and enjoyment of the
  arts are of increasing importance and that the general  welfare  of  the
  people  of  the  state will be promoted by giving further recognition to
  the arts as a vital aspect of our culture and heritage and as  a  valued
  means of expanding the scope of our educational programs.
It  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the policy of the state to join with
  private patrons and with  institutions  and  professional  organizations
  concerned  with the arts to insure that the role of the arts in the life
  of our communities will continue to grow and  will  play  an  ever  more
  significant  part  in  the  welfare  and  educational  experience of our
  citizens and in maintaining the paramount position of this state in  the
  nation and in the world as a cultural center.
It  is further declared that all activities undertaken by the state in
  carrying out this  policy  shall  be  directed  toward  encouraging  and
  assisting  rather  than  in  any  ways  limiting the freedom of artistic
  expression that is essential for the well-being of the arts.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 3 - Council on the Arts › 3.03 - Council on the Arts.

§ 3.03. Council  on  the  arts.  1.  The  council  on  the arts in the
  executive department is hereby continued. The twenty-one  members  shall
  be,  broadly  representative  of  all  fields of the performing and fine
  arts, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice  and  consent  of
  the  senate,  from among private citizens who are widely known for their
  professional competence and experience in connection with the performing
  and fine arts. In making such appointments, due consideration  shall  be
  given  to  the recommendations made by representative civic, educational
  and professional associations and groups, concerned with or  engaged  in
  the   production  or  presentation  of  the  performing  and  fine  arts
  generally.
2. The term of office of each member of  the  council  shall  be  five
  years.   Vacancies in the council occurring otherwise than by expiration
  of term, shall be filled for the unexpired term in the  same  manner  as
  original  appointments.  The  governor shall designate a chairperson and
  two vice-chairpersons from the members of the council, to serve as  such
  at  the  pleasure  of  the  governor. The chairperson shall be the chief
  executive officer of the council.
3. The chairperson shall receive compensation fixed  by  the  governor
  and  shall  be  reimbursed  for  all  expenses  actually and necessarily
  incurred by him in the performance of his duties hereunder,  within  the
  amount  made  available  by appropriation therefor. The other members of
  the council shall receive no compensation for their services, but  shall
  be reimbursed for all expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them
  in  the  performance  of  their  duties hereunder within the amount made
  available by appropriation therefor.
4. The chairperson  may  appoint  such  officers,  experts  and  other
  employees  as  he  may deem necessary, prescribe their duties, fix their
  compensation and provide for  reimbursement  of  their  expenses  within
  amounts available therefor by appropriation.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 3 - Council on the Arts › 3.05 - General Powers and Duties of Council.

§ 3.05. General  powers  and duties of council. The council shall have
  the following powers and duties:
1. To stimulate and encourage  throughout  the  state  the  study  and
  presentation  of  the  performing  and fine arts and public interest and
  participation therein;
2. To make such surveys as may  be  deemed  advisable  of  public  and
  private  institutions  engaged within the state in artistic and cultural
  activities,  including  but  not  limited  to,  music,  theatre,  dance,
  painting,  sculpture,  architecture,  and allied arts and crafts, and to
  make  recommendations  concerning  appropriate  methods   to   encourage
  participation  in  and  appreciation  of the arts to meet the legitimate
  needs and aspirations of persons in all parts of the state;
3. To take such steps as may be necessary and appropriate to encourage
  public interest in the cultural heritage of our state and to expand  the
  state's cultural resources;
4. To hold public or private hearings;
5.   To   enter   into  contracts,  within  the  amount  available  by
  appropriation therefor, with individuals, organizations and institutions
  for services furthering the  educational  objectives  of  the  council's
  programs;
6.   To   enter   into  contracts,  within  the  amount  available  by
  appropriation  therefor,  with  local  and  regional  associations   for
  cooperative  endeavors  furthering  the  educational  objectives  of the
  council's programs;
7. To accept gifts, contributions and bequests of  unrestricted  funds
  from  individuals,  foundations, corporations and other organizations or
  institutions for the purpose of furthering the educational objectives of
  the council's programs;
8. To make and sign any agreements and to do and to perform  any  acts
  that  may be necessary, desirable or proper to carry out the purposes of
  this chapter;
9. To promote tourism by supporting arts and cultural  projects  which
  would   stimulate  tourism  and  improve  the  state's  attractions  for
  tourists.
10. To administer the New York state musical instrument revolving fund
  in accordance with the provisions of section ninety-seven-v of the state
  finance law.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 3 - Council on the Arts › 3.09 - Assistance of Other Agencies.

§ 3.09. Assistance  of  other  agencies. To effectuate the purposes of
  this article, the council on the arts may request from  any  department,
  board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state, and the same are
  authorized to provide, such assistance, services and data as will enable
  the council properly to carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 3 - Council on the Arts › 3.11 - Grants by Council; Consideration to Certain Applicants.

§ 3.11. Grants  by  council;  consideration  to certain applicants. In
  issuing grants to applicants for  council  funds  in  the  area  of  the
  performing  arts  the  council may give consideration to the applicant's
  demonstration of an ability to enhance the state's capacity  to  attract
  tourists  as evidenced by showing that significant numbers of persons in
  such audiences are or will be attracted to the applicant's  geographical
  area  by  reason of such applicant's program and evidence of advertising
  and publicity designed  and  planned  in  such  a  manner  as  to  reach
  potential audiences from outside the applicant's geographical area.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 3 - Council on the Arts › 3.19 - Prohibition.

§  3.19.  Prohibition.  1.  (a)  The  council  on  the  arts  shall be
prohibited  from  awarding  grants  to  an  organization   unless   such
organization  is  incorporated as a nonprofit organization either in the
state  or,  if  an  organization   is   incorporated   elsewhere,   such
organization  must be registered to do business in the state through the
department of state and  must  have  its  principal  place  of  business
located within the state.
(b)  Any  organization applying for grant funding shall provide to the
council on the arts documentation  demonstrating  compliance  with  this
provision. Any applicant which fails to provide such documentation shall
be  deemed  ineligible to receive grant funding under this article. Such
documentation shall be considered valid for a period of two  years  from
the  date  it was provided or until the organization undertakes a change
in status, whichever occurs sooner.
(c) Any organization that is incorporated elsewhere but registered  to
do business in the state, when applying for grant funding, shall certify
to  the  council  on  the arts as part of its grant application that its
principal place of business is located within the state.  Any  applicant
which  fails to provide such certification shall be deemed ineligible to
receive grant funding under this article.
(d) Any applicant which fails to demonstrate that grant funds  are  to
be  used  toward  programs  in  the  state shall be deemed ineligible to
receive  grant  funding  under  this  article.  Any  organization,  when
applying  for  grant  funding,  shall  provide  in its grant application
materials documentation demonstrating compliance with this provision.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 4 - Empire State Plaza Art Commission › 4.01 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy.

§ 4.01. Legislative   findings   and   declaration   of   policy.  The
  legislature hereby finds  and  declares  that  the  Governor  Nelson  A.
  Rockefeller  empire  state plaza is a unique architectural entity and is
  intensively used by  the  public  for  recreation,  for  conventions  of
  business  and  governmental groups and for participation in exhibits and
  exhibitions of the visual and performing arts.
It is hereby declared a policy of the state that there be  created  in
  the  executive  department the empire state plaza art commission, with a
  legislative mandate regarding the works of art of  great  value  to  the
  people  of  the  state of New York which are located in the empire state
  plaza.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 4 - Empire State Plaza Art Commission › 4.03 - Definitions.

§ 4.03. Definitions.  Except  as  otherwise provided herein and unless
  the context shall otherwise require, the following terms as used in this
  article shall have the following meanings:
1. "Commission" shall mean  the  empire  state  plaza  art  commission
  created by this article.
2.  "Empire state plaza" shall mean the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
  empire  state  plaza,  excluding  the  cultural  education  center,  the
  legislative  office building and any other offices and facilities of the
  legislature in said plaza.
3.  "State  agency"  shall  mean  any  state  board,   body,   bureau,
  commission,  council,  department, public authority, public corporation,
  division, office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental
  or proprietary function  for  the  state,  but  shall  not  include  the
  legislature.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 4 - Empire State Plaza Art Commission › 4.09 - Appointment of Curator and Other Employees.

§ 4.09. Appointment  of  curator and other employees. 1. The chairman,
  with the concurrence of the commission and the commissioner  of  general
  services, shall appoint a curator who shall serve at the pleasure of the
  commission.  The  commission  shall  prescribe  powers and duties of the
  curator and shall  fix  his  or  her  compensation  within  the  amounts
  appropriated therefor.
2.  The  commission may appoint such employees of the commission as it
  may  require,  prescribe  their  powers  and  duties   and   fix   their
  compensation within the amounts appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 4 - Empire State Plaza Art Commission › 4.11 - Assistance of State Agencies and Political Subdivisions.

§ 4.11. Assistance  of  state agencies and political subdivisions. The
  commission may request and  shall  receive  from  any  state  agency  or
  political  subdivision  of  the state such assistance and information as
  will enable it to carry out its duties and accomplish its purposes.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 5 - Art Commission › 5.01 - Purchase of Art Productions in Certain Cities.

§ 5.01. Purchase  of  art productions in certain cities. Cities of the
  first and second class are hereby authorized, in the discretion of those
  officers or bodies in such cities that have charge of the  appropriation
  of  the  public funds, to purchase works of art which are the production
  of professional artists who are citizens of the United States, and which
  have been executed in the United States.  The word  "productions"  shall
  be  held  to  include  among  other  works  of  art,  mural paintings or
  decorations which artists may be employed to put on the walls of  public
  buildings of such cities, mosaic and stained or painted glass. A city of
  the  first  class may expend under this section any amount not to exceed
  fifty thousand dollars annually. A city of the second class  may  expend
  under this section not to exceed ten thousand dollars annually.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 5 - Art Commission › 5.03 - Art Commissioners.

§ 5.03. Art  commissioners.  Where provision is not made by law for an
  art commission for any city of the first or second class, the  mayor  of
  such  city shall, as soon as any city decides to expend any moneys under
  the provisions of this article, appoint art commissioners for such city.
  Such commissioners shall not  contain  more  than  a  bare  majority  of
  persons  selected  from any one political party. It shall be composed of
  persons who are experts in art matters.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 5 - Art Commission › 5.05 - Selection and Placing of Art Productions.

§ 5.05. Selection  and placing of art productions. All art productions
  purchased under this article shall be selected by the art commission  of
  the  city, and shall be placed in the public buildings, grounds or parks
  thereof for the purpose of beautifying the same.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.01 - New York State Summer School of the Arts.

§ 7.01. New  York  state summer school of the arts. The New York state
  summer school of the arts under the  jurisdiction  and  control  of  the
  education department is hereby continued.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.03 - Object of the Summer School.

§ 7.03. Object  of the summer school. The primary object of the summer
  school of the arts is to provide to high school  and  college  students,
  who  are residents of the state of New York, having exceptional artistic
  skills and talents and  who  are  interested  in  pursuing  professional
  careers  in  the  arts,  an opportunity to receive advanced training and
  instruction on the highest  professional  level  from  artists  who  are
  distinctly  qualified by background, training, and experience to provide
  such instruction, at locations to be determined by the  commissioner  of
  education.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.05 - Executive Director.

§ 7.05. Executive  director.  1.  The  executive  director  heretofore
  appointed by the commissioner of education to be the  head  of  the  New
  York  state  summer  school  of  the  arts shall continue in office. The
  executive director shall hold office at the pleasure of the commissioner
  of education and shall be subject to such rules and  regulations  as  he
  may prescribe.
2.  The commissioner of education may appoint such deputies, directors
  and other officers, teachers, employees, agents, consultants and special
  committees as he may deem necessary for  the  proper  implementation  of
  this article, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and provide
  for  reimbursement  of  their  expenses  within  the  amounts  available
  therefor by  appropriation.  The  executive  director  shall  develop  a
  program and plan for the establishment of a summer school of the arts in
  all  branches  of the arts whenever possible, and in accordance with the
  rules of such commissioner  shall  undertake  all  necessary  action  to
  execute  such program and plan in accordance with the provisions of this
  section. The executive director shall undertake  the  necessary  studies
  and  evaluations  and  report to such commissioner for ways and means to
  improve the summer school of the arts.
3.  The  executive  director  shall  pursue  a  course  of  action  in
  connection  with  the  performance of his duties and responsibilities to
  encourage and obtain the services, on a voluntary basis,  of  well-known
  and  qualified  artists and performers who have distinguished themselves
  in the visual and performing arts, and who by background,  training  and
  experience  can  provide  such essential services to the students within
  the meaning and intent of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.07 - Advisory Council; Powers.

§ 7.07. Advisory  council;  powers. 1. The advisory council heretofore
  appointed  by  the  commissioner  of  education  is   hereby   continued
  consisting  of seven members who need not be residents of the state, and
  each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of such commissioner. The  term
  of  office  of  members  of  such  council  shall  be for two years. The
  chairperson heretofore designated  by  the  members  shall  continue  in
  office   and  shall  have  the  responsibility  of  enforcing  all  such
  regulations pertaining to such council as will be  promulgated  by  such
  commissioner.
2.  In  the event that a vacancy occurs on the advisory council either
  because of incapacity, death or disability or expiration of a term, such
  vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the commissioner of  education
  for the balance of the unexpired term.
3.  The  advisory  council  shall  visit  and  inspect  all facilities
  maintained and operated by the department of education,  and  have  such
  other  powers  and  duties  as  may  be  required  or  authorized by the
  commissioner of education.
4. Meetings of the advisory council shall be bi-monthly, or more often
  as the commissioner of education may direct.
5. The members of the advisory council shall  serve  without  pay  but
  shall  be  paid  their  actual  expenses  necessarily  incurred  in  the
  discharge of their official duties. No member of the council shall  have
  any  pecuniary  interest in any contract pertaining to the operation and
  administration of the summer school  of  the  arts  or  of  any  of  its
  facilities.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.09 - Areas of Instruction; Credits.

§ 7.09. Areas  of  instruction; credits. The summer school of the arts
  shall consist of the following divisions:
1. Theatre.
2. Ballet and modern dance.
3. Visual arts.
4. Film/media.
5. Music/orchestral studies/choral studies.
6. Creative writing.
7. Technical theatre arts.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.11 - Tuition.

§ 7.11. Tuition. The executive director shall, subject to the approval
  of the commissioner of education and the director of the budget, fix and
  determine  the  amount  of  tuition  to  be  paid  by each applicant for
  admission.   Such tuition may be  paid  by  the  local  school  district
  wherein  such  applicant  resides  in  whole or in part. Payment of such
  tuition may be waived in whole or in part by the executive director upon
  a proper showing of financial hardship by an applicant for admission.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.13 - Eligibility Requirements for Admission.

§ 7.13. Eligibility  requirements for admission. 1. All applicants for
admission must be residents of the state.
2. All applicants for admission must demonstrate to  the  satisfaction
of the commissioner of education that such applicant:
(a) Intends to pursue a professional career in some branch of the arts
as described in section 7.09 of this article;
(b)  Possesses  unique  and  distinctive  skills,  qualifications  and
talents in the visual and performing arts or such other areas related to
the arts as described in section 7.09 of this article.
3. All applicants for admission shall be selected on the basis of open
competition to determine their demonstrated and/or potential ability and
performance capabilities.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 7 - New York State Summer School of the Arts › 7.15 - Regulations for Admission and Scholastic Credits.

§ 7.15. Regulations   for   admission   and  scholastic  credits.  The
  commissioner of education may make such regulations in relation  to  the
  admission  of  applicants  into  any  of  the  facilities  operated  and
  maintained by the summer  school  of  the  arts.  The  commissioner  may
  further  promulgate all such rules which in his discretion are necessary
  and proper to effectuate the foregoing, and in addition thereto  specify
  and further prescribe all scholastic credits and the degree thereof that
  may  be  granted  to the students attending the facilities of the summer
  school of the arts upon successful completion of courses provided.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 8 - New York State Writers' Institute › 8.01 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy.

§ 8.01. Legislative   findings   and   declaration   of   policy.  The
  legislature hereby finds and declares that  New  York  state  is  unique
  among  states  for  its  contribution  to the art of writing and for the
  special resources and opportunities it offers to writers. It  is  hereby
  further  found  that  the art of writing is of increasing importance and
  that the general welfare of the people of the state will be enhanced  by
  the establishment of a center devoted to writing and the allied arts.
It  is  hereby  declared a policy of the state that there be created a
  New  York  state  writers'  institute  with  a  legislative  mandate  to
  encourage  the  development of writing skills at all levels of education
  throughout the state, to provide a milieu for established  and  aspiring
  writers  to  work together to encourage the development of, and increase
  the freedom of, the artistic imagination of this art in the state of New
  York.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 8 - New York State Writers' Institute › 8.05 - Objectives.

§ 8.05. Objectives. The New York state writers' institute shall:
1.  Establish  an  arts and cultural program for the study of creative
  writing in the context of literary criticism, the humanities  and  other
  creative arts;
2.  Hire such writers, artists and other personnel as may be necessary
  for programs, courses, workshops, lectures and readings to encourage the
  development of writing skills  in  all  phases  and  genres  of  writing
  including  fiction,  non-fiction,  poetry,  journalism,  playwriting and
  screenwriting;
3. Offer such scholarships, grants and awards in writing as  may  help
  develop the talent of writers and the craft of writing;
4.  Offer  programs  for teachers and high school students in New York
  that will serve to train them in the craft of writing and demonstrate it
  as a complement to other areas of education;
5. Authorize the trustees of the state university to accept, on behalf
  of the institute, gifts,  contributions  and  bequests  of  unrestricted
  funds    from   individuals,   foundations,   corporations   and   other
  organizations  or  institutions  for  the  purpose  of  furthering   the
  institute's objectives;
6. Offer at least one lecture annually by a distinguished writer on an
  aspect  of the creative imagination which will further the objectives of
  the institute's programs and which will enrich the community's  exposure
  to the arts;
7.  Establish and maintain such publications, records and documents as
  may help arts audiences for the future and stimulate and aid  the  craft
  of writing;
8.  Foster  cooperation  among  programs  for  writers  in  New  York,
  including workshops that will serve to enhance continued development  in
  the  craft  of  writing and to increase opportunities for writers in New
  York state; and
9. Develop other programs that will enhance the craft of  writing  and
  opportunities for writers.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 8 - New York State Writers' Institute › 8.11 - New York State Walt Whitman Citation of Merit for Poets.

§ 8.11. New  York  state  Walt Whitman citation of merit for poets. 1.
  The governor shall biennially present the New York  state  Walt  Whitman
  citation   of   merit   to  a  distinguished  New  York  poet  upon  the
  recommendation of the  panel  constituted  in  this  section.  The  poet
  selected shall be considered the state poet and the citation shall carry
  an honorarium of ten thousand dollars.
2.  The  institute  shall  biennially  appoint and convene an advisory
  panel of distinguished poets and persons with  particular  expertise  in
  the  field of poetry. The director of the institute shall be a permanent
  member of the advisory panel and each current state poet shall serve  as
  a  member  of the panel in choosing the next New York state Walt Whitman
  poet.  The  panel  shall  recommend  to  the  governor  a   poet   whose
  achievements make him or her deserving of such recognition.
3.  The state poet shall promote and encourage poetry within the state
  and shall give two public readings within the state each year.
4. The institute shall establish such procedures and guidelines as are
  necessary to effect the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 8 - New York State Writers' Institute › 8.13 - New York State Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction Writers.

§ 8.13. New  York  state  Edith  Wharton citation of merit for fiction
  writers. 1. The governor shall biennially present  the  New  York  state
  Edith  Wharton citation of merit to a distinguished New York author upon
  the recommendation of the panel constituted in this section. The  author
  selected  shall  be  considered  the state author and the citation shall
  carry an honorarium of ten thousand dollars.
2. The institute shall biennially  appoint  and  convene  an  advisory
  panel  of distinguished authors and persons with particular expertise in
  the field of fiction. The director of the institute shall be a permanent
  member of the advisory panel and each current state author  shall  serve
  as  a member of the panel in choosing the recipient of the next New York
  state Edith Wharton citation of merit. The panel shall recommend to  the
  governor  an author whose achievements make him or her deserving of such
  recognition.
3. The state author shall promote and  encourage  fiction  within  the
  state and shall give two public readings within the state each year.
4. The institute shall establish such procedures and guidelines as are
  necessary to effect the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 10 - Institute for the Hudson River Collection › 10.01 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Intent.

§ 10.01. Legislative   findings   and   declaration   of  intent.  The
  legislature hereby finds and declares that the Hudson river area of  New
  York state, which includes that area of the state adjacent to the Hudson
  river  and  extending  from  the  Adirondack  Mountains  to  the  tip of
  Manhattan Island in the city of New York, is unique for its contribution
  to the arts, culture, history and heritage of this  state,  this  nation
  and the world.
It is further found and declared that efforts to identify and conserve
  the  literary  and  visual  arts  record  of the Hudson river valley; to
  maintain and make accessible the artistic and  cultural  materials  that
  document  the  heritage of this area; to support research, publications,
  educational  programs  and  to  promote  contemporary   artistic   works
  interpreting  the  cultural  and  natural  history  of  the area; and to
  facilitate statewide, interstate and  international  collaborations  and
  exchange  programs  of art, artists and scholars concerning the history,
  art and cultural contributions of the area  to  the  state  and  to  the
  cultural, historic and artistic life of the country and the world are in
  every  respect  in the public interest and to the benefit of all persons
  in this state.
It is hereby declared a policy of the state that there be created  the
  Institute  for the Hudson River Collection with a legislative mandate to
  take such actions  as  are  necessary  and  appropriate  to  assure  the
  strengthening,  perpetuation  and continued availability of the artistic
  and cultural heritage of the  Hudson  river  area  to  this  state,  the
  country and the world.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 10 - Institute for the Hudson River Collection › 10.03 - Definitions.

§ 10.03. Definitions.  Except  as otherwise provided herein and unless
  the context shall otherwise require, as used in this article:
1. "Hudson river area" or "Hudson river valley" means the Hudson river
  and adjacent areas between the  Adirondack  Mountains  and  the  tip  of
  Manhattan Island in the city of New York.
2.  "Institute"  means  the  Institute for the Hudson River Collection
  created by this article.
3. "State agency" means any state  board,  body,  bureau,  commission,
  council,  department,  public  authority,  public corporation, division,
  office  or  other  governmental  entity  performing  a  governmental  or
  proprietary function for the state.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 10 - Institute for the Hudson River Collection › 10.07 - Objectives.

§ 10.07. Objectives.  The  Institute  for  the Hudson River Collection
  shall:
1. Take steps to develop, enhance, stimulate and facilitate public and
  private study and  appreciation  and  interpretation  of  the  heritage,
  legacy and patrimony of the Hudson river area.
2.  Support  research, publications, educational programs and artistic
  works interpreting the cultural and natural history of the Hudson  river
  valley  and  advise  and  assist  any  state  department, board, bureau,
  commission or other agency, or political subdivision of  the  state,  in
  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  publications  by  such agencies
  concerning the Hudson river area.
3. Facilitate statewide, interstate and  international  collaborations
  and  exchange  programs of art, artists and scholars on the Hudson river
  school of painting and the art history of the Hudson river valley.
4. Maintain and make accessible a comprehensive record of the artistic
  and cultural materials that document the heritage of  the  Hudson  river
  valley.
5.  Contract  with  other  cultural institutions for the management of
  projects which it initiates or facilitates.
6. Accept and disburse private and public grants, gifts, contributions
  and bequests made in furtherance of its purposes.
7. Conduct such surveys as may be necessary, required  or  appropriate
  of  the  public  and  private  institutions  and  individuals engaged in
  cultural and artistic activities in the  Hudson  river  area,  and  make
  recommendations  on  means  to  encourage  and expand public and private
  interest in the Hudson river area.
8. Hold public hearings on matters pertinent  or  appropriate  to  its
  purposes.
9.  Enter  into  contracts,  within  the amounts appropriated therefor
  pursuant  to  section  ninety-two-q  of  the  state  finance  law,  with
  individuals,  organizations  and  institutions for cooperative endeavors
  furthering the cultural and artistic interests of the Hudson river  area
  and the objectives stated in this article.
10. Establish a New York state Hudson river art collection composed of
  public  and private holdings. The institute shall catalogue works of art
  in the New York state Hudson river art collection.
11. Make  and  sign  any  agreements  and  do  and  perform  any  acts
  necessary,  desirable  or  appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 10 - Institute for the Hudson River Collection › 10.11 - Assistance of Other Agencies.

§ 10.11. Assistance  of  other agencies. The institute may request and
  shall receive from any state agency  or  political  subdivision  of  the
  state,  and  the  same  are  authorized  to provide, such assistance and
  information as will enable it to  carry  out  its  purposes  and  duties
  pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title B - Promotion of the Arts › Article 10 - Institute for the Hudson River Collection › 10.13 - Additional Considerations in Fulfilling Its Responsibilities.

§ 10.13. Additional considerations in fulfilling its responsibilities.
  In  fulfilling  its  responsibilities  under this article, the institute
  shall additionally:
1. Give consideration to the likelihood of any project  undertaken  to
  attract  or  enhance  tourism  through  a  greater  appreciation  of the
  artistic and cultural heritage of the Hudson river area.
2. Encourage the appreciation of the Hudson river area  by  individual
  artists.
2023 New York Laws › ACA - Arts and Cultural Affairs › Title C - Transactions Involving Artists and Their Works › Article 12 - Artist-Art Merchant Relationships › 12.03 - Exemption From Seizure.

§  12.03. Exemption from seizure. No process of attachment, execution,
  sequestration, replevin, distress or any kind of seizure shall be served
  or levied upon any work of fine art while the  same  is  enroute  to  or
  from,  or while on exhibition or deposited by a nonresident exhibitor at
  any exhibition held under the auspices or  supervision  of  any  museum,
  college,  university  or  other  nonprofit  art  gallery, institution or
  organization within any city or county of this state for  any  cultural,
  educational, charitable or other purpose not conducted for profit to the
  exhibitor,  nor  shall  such  work of fine art be subject to attachment,
  seizure, levy or sale, for any  cause  whatever  in  the  hands  of  the
  authorities of such exhibition or otherwise.