Title ACA, Arts and Cultural Affairs

§ 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 gov…

§ 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. "E…

§ 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…

§ 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…

§ 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 th…

§ 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.

§ 40.01. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the "New York state cultural education trust act".

§ 40.03. Definitions. When used or referred to in this title, unless otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the following meaning: 1. "Trust" shall mean the trust created by section 40.05 of this title. 2. "Board" shall mean the board of the trust created by section…

§ 40.05. New York state cultural education trust. 1. A trust to be known as the "New York state cultural education trust" is hereby created under the jurisdiction of the state education department and its existence shall commence with the appointment of the members of the board …

§ 40.07. Purpose of the trust. The purpose of the trust shall be to prepare and recommend plans, in cooperation with the commissioner of education, to the director of the budget regarding projects to enhance the public display of the collections and exhibits of the state museum,…

§ 40.09. Reports. Not later than ninety days following the end of the state fiscal year the trust shall annually submit to the governor, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the assembly a report on the priorities and finances of the trust.

§ 40.11. Assistance of other agencies. The trust board may request 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 purpose and powers pursuant to this title.

§ 40.13. Members not to profit. No member of the trust shall receive or may be lawfully entitled to receive any pecuniary profit from the operation of the trust.

§ 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 produ…

§ 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 …

§ 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.

§ 54.01. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Executive Mansion Trust Act".

§ 54.03. Definitions. When used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the terms listed below shall have the following meanings: 1. "Trust" shall mean the trust created by section 54.05 of this title. 2. "Executive mansion" sha…

§ 54.05. Executive Mansion Trust. 1. A trust known as the "Executive Mansion Trust" is hereby created. The trust shall be a body corporate and politic and its existence shall commence upon the appointment of the members as herein provided. 2. The trust shall consist of the commi…

§ 54.07. Purposes and powers of the trust. The purposes of the trust shall be to preserve, improve and promote the executive mansion as a historical and cultural resource of the state of New York, including by operation of an executive mansion museum, and to serve as a focal poi…

§ 54.09. Temporary assignment and transfer of employees. Whenever in the opinion of the trust it would be in the public interest, it may, after prior approval of the director of the budget, request the temporary assignment and transfer of certain employees of any board, commissi…

§ 54.11. Services provided by state officials. 1. The attorney general shall furnish any and all necessary legal services and advice, including examination of title to real property, required to assist the trust in accomplishing its corporate services. 2. The commissioner of edu…

§ 54.13. Moneys of the trust. 1. The head of the division of the treasury in the department of taxation and finance shall be the custodian of the funds of the trust. Disbursements from the funds of the trust shall be made by the custodian or such person as may be authorized by h…

§ 54.15. Creation of trust a public purpose. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of the trust and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York, for the preservation, improvement and…

§ 54.17. Members and employees not to profit. No officer, member or employee of the trust shall receive or may be lawfully entitled to receive any pecuniary profit from the operation thereof except reasonable compensation for services in effecting one or more of its purposes as …

§ 55.01. Short title. This title may be cited as the "Natural Heritage Trust Act."

§ 55.03. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. The term "trust" shall mean the corporation created by section 55.05 of this article. 2. The term "board" shall mean the members of the corporation. 3. The…

§ 55.05. Natural Heritage Trust. The board known as the "Natural Heritage Trust" is hereby continued. Such a board shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation and its existence shall commence upon the appointment of the members as herein provi…

§ 55.07. Purposes and powers of the corporation. The purpose of the corporation shall be to serve as a focal point for the receipt and administration of private gifts, devises and bequests of real and personal property donated to further conservation, outdoor recreation and hist…

§ 55.09. Temporary assignment and transfer of employees. Whenever in the opinion of the trust it would be in the public interest, it may, after prior approval of the director of the budget, request the temporary assignment and transfer of certain employees of any board, commissi…

§ 55.11. Examination of title. The title to all real property proposed to be acquired by the trust shall be examined and approved by the attorney general of the state who shall also furnish any and all necessary legal services and advice required to assist the trust in accomplis…

§ 55.13. Moneys of the corporation. 1. The moneys of the trust shall be retained by it and deposited in a general account and such other accounts as the trust may deem necessary for the transaction of its business and shall be paid out on checks signed by the chairperson of the …

§ 55.15. Creation of trust a public purpose. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the creation of the trust and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York, for the preservation and improvement …

§ 55.17. Payments in lieu of taxes. The trust may, when funds are available and with the approval of the governor, enter into an agreement with a municipality or district within which real property has been acquired by the trust providing for the payment of moneys in lieu of ant…

§ 55.19. Members and employees not to profit. No officer, member or employee of the trust shall receive or may be lawfully entitled to receive any pecuniary profit from the operation thereof except reasonable compensation for services in effecting one or more of its purposes her…

§ 55.21. Application of law. All of the general provisions of the public authorities law or of any other law shall apply to the natural heritage trust herein continued in the same manner as if the language of such law had been incorporated in full into this article, except to th…

§ 55.23. Actions against the trust. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the trust founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety days after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor unless a notice of claim shall have been s…

§ 57.01. Office of state history. There shall be in the education department the office of state history.

§ 57.02. New York state history month. 1. Each month of October following the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nineteen that amended this subdivision shall be designated as New York state history month. 2. The purpose of this month shall be to celebrate …

§ 57.03. Functions of the office of state history. It shall be the function of the office of state history: 1. To collect, edit and publish, with the approval of the commissioner of education, any archives, records, papers or manuscripts that are deemed essential or desirable fo…

§ 57.05. State archives. 1. There shall be continued within the education department the state archives. The state archives shall acquire, appraise, preserve either in original or duplicate form, catalog, display, duplicate and make available for reference and use by state offic…

§ 57.07. Local historian; appointment; maintenance of historical edifices. 1. A local historian shall be appointed, as provided in this section, for each city, town or village, except that in a city of over one million inhabitants a local historian shall be appointed for each bo…

§ 57.09. Duties of local historian. It shall be the duty of each local historian, appointed as provided in the last section, in cooperation with the state historian, to collect and preserve material relating to the history of the political subdivision for which he or she is appo…

§ 57.11. Penalty. A public officer who refuses or neglects to perform any duty required of him by this article or to comply with a recommendation of the commissioner of education under the authority of this article, shall for each month of such neglect or refusal, be punished by…

§ 57.13. Statement of legislative intent. The legislature finds that public records are essential to the administration of local government. Public records contain information which allows government programs to function, provides officials with a basis for making decisions, and…

§ 57.15. Short title. This article may be cited as the "Local Government Records Law".

§ 57.17. Definitions. Wherever used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter set forth: 1. "Local government" means any county, city, town, village, school district, board of cooperative educational services, district corporation, publi…

§ 57.19. Local government records management program. The governing body, and the chief executive official where one exists, shall promote and support a program for the orderly and efficient management of records, including the identification and appropriate administration of re…

§ 57.21. Local government records advisory council. The commissioner of education shall appoint a local government records advisory council consisting of representatives of local government associations, historians, the chief administrative judge, the commissioner of the departm…

§ 57.23. Oversight and advisory services. 1. It shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of education to advise local governments on planning and administering programs for the creation, maintenance, preservation, reproduction, retention, and disposition of their records;…