New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 3 - University Of The State Of New York; State Education Department › Incorporation › Section 3.30 - Incorporation and registration of historical societies without collections and cultural agencies

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. Whenever used in this section, the following terms shall have the
				  meanings indicated:
(1) Historical society
				  without collection means an organized not-for-profit corporation, with purposes
				  limited to a reasonable and clearly defined geographical area or to one or more
				  specific subjects of interest, which gathers, preserves, advances or
				  disseminates knowledge about the past through research or interpretation, which
				  carries on education and public programs on a regular schedule, which makes its
				  programs and resources available to the public, and which is not authorized to
				  own or hold collections, as defined in section
				  3.27(a)(7) 
				  of this Part, except to borrow items owned by others for brief periods of time
				  for purposes of study or short-term, temporary exhibition.
(2) Cultural agency means an organized
				  not-for-profit corporation, other than a museum or historical society,
				  organized for the promotion of science, literature, art, history or other
				  department of knowledge, or of education in any way; a friends group organized
				  specifically to serve and support museums, historical societies, State, Federal
				  or local historic sites, or to serve and support any similar corporation
				  chartered or incorporated by the Regents; an association of teachers, students,
				  graduates of educational institutions; or an institution or association whose
				  approved purposes are, in whole or in part, of educational or cultural value
				  deemed worthy of recognition and encouragement by the Regents; and which is not
				  authorized to own or hold collections, as defined in section
				  3.27(a)(7) 
				  of this Title, except to borrow items owned by others for brief periods of time
				  for purposes of study or short-term, temporary exhibition.
(3) Corporation means a historical society
				  without collections, or a cultural agency, formed by the Board of Regents or
				  otherwise incorporated as an education corporation under the laws of the State
				  of New York.
(4) Accessible means
				  the extent to which the corporation ensures that its exhibits, interpretation,
				  public and educational programming, and physical plant are reasonably
				  convenient for the public to use, understand and enjoy.
(5) Diversity means broadly inclusive
				  participation in every aspect of governance, staff, operations and programs to
				  represent the community and constituency served in terms of race, ethnicity,
				  gender, economic background and geography.
(6) Education means the full range of
				  mission-related educational activities in which the corporation engages, to
				  promote understanding and appreciation of a subject, and to support life-long
				  learning.
(7) Hours of operation
				  means publicly stated and promoted regular hours during which the public has
				  reasonably convenient access to the corporation's public programs and
				  exhibitions.
(8) Interpretation
				  means any activity directed toward the enlightenment of the public concerning
				  the significance of the event, object, structure, site, area, activity or other
				  subject matter served by the society.
(9) Mission statement means a statement
				  modeled on and derived from the corporation's purposes, as set forth in its
				  certificate of incorporation, that identifies the benefits derived from the
				  corporation's activities.
(10)
				  Operating budget means the amount of annual income or expenditures of the
				  corporation, excluding funds raised for capital improvements and funds received
				  or designated for addition to endowments.
(11) Public trust means the responsibility of
				  institutions to carry out activities and hold their assets in trust for the
				  public benefit.