New York · statute · N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law · 306 active provisions
CHAPTER 11-C OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS LAW TITLE A SHORT TITLE Article 1. Short title (§ 1.01) TITLE B PROMOTION OF THE ARTS 3. Council on the arts (§§ 3.01-3.19) 4. State Plaza Art Commission (§§ 4.01-4.11) 5. Art commission (§§ 5.01-5.05) 7. New York state summer school of the arts (§§ 7.01-7…
TITLE A SHORT TITLE
ARTICLE 1 SHORT TITLE Section 1.01. Short title.
§ 1.01. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "arts and cultural affairs law" and may be cited as such.
TITLE B PROMOTION OF THE ARTS
ARTICLE 3 COUNCIL ON THE ARTS Section 3.01. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. 3.03. Council on the arts. 3.05. General powers and duties of council. 3.07. State financial assistance for improvement, expansion or rehabilitation of existing buildings. 3.09. Assistance of other agencies. 3.11. Grants by coun…
§ 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 ge…
§ 3.03. Council on the arts. 1. (a) 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…
§ 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…
§ 3.07. State financial assistance for improvement, expansion or rehabilitation of existing buildings. 1. Any other provision of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, state financial assistance may be provided for up to fifty percent of the approved costs (excluding feasibility studies, plans or similar activi…
§ 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 i…
§ 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 signific…
§ 3.13. Participation in programs to promote progress and scholarship in the humanities and the arts. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean and include: a. "Municipal corporation". A county, city, town, village, or school district of the state, or a board of higher education in a city having a popu…
§ 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 thro…
ARTICLE 4 EMPIRE STATE PLAZA ART COMMISSION Section 4.01. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. 4.03. Definitions. 4.05. Empire state plaza art commission; creation. 4.07. Powers and duties of commission. 4.09. Appointment of curator and other employees. 4.11. Assistance of state agencies and political subdiv…
§ 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…
§ 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 Governo…
§ 4.05. Empire state plaza art commission; creation. 1. The empire state plaza art commission is hereby created in the executive department. 2. The main office of the commission shall be located in the empire state plaza in space designated therein by the commissioner of general services. 3. The commission shall consis…
§ 4.07. Powers and duties of commission. The commission shall have the following responsibilities, powers and duties: 1. To make recommendations to state agencies regarding the custody, display, conservation, preservation and maintenance of works of art in the empire state plaza under the jurisdiction of such agencies;…
§ 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 compen…
§ 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.
ARTICLE 5 ART COMMISSION Section 5.01. Purchase of art productions in certain cities. 5.03. Art commissioners. 5.05. Selection and placing of art productions.
§ 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 cit…
§ 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 contai…
§ 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.