Title ACA, Arts and Cultural Affairs

§ 20.19. Security for bonds or notes. 1. The principal of and interest\non any bonds or notes issued by a trust may be secured by a pledge of\nany revenues and receipts of the trust, including without limitation the\nreceipt of sums as tax-equivalency payments or loan repayments…

§ 20.21. Reserve fund. A trust may create and establish a reserve fund\nto secure the bonds of a trust and may pay into such reserve fund any\nmonies which may be made available to the trust for the purposes of such\nfund from any source, including without limitation tax-equival…

§ 20.23. State's right to require a redemption of bonds.\nNotwithstanding and in addition to any provisions for the redemption of\nbonds which may be contained in any contract with the holders of the\nbonds of a trust, the state may, upon furnishing sufficient funds\ntherefor, r…

§ 20.25. Remedies of bondholders and noteholders. 1. The supreme court\nshall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or proceeding by or on\nbehalf of the holders of any bonds or notes issued by a trust. The venue\nof any such suit, action, or proceeding shall be laid in the coun…

§ 20.27. State and municipalities not liable on bonds and notes. The\nbonds, notes and other obligations of the trust shall not be a debt of\nthe state or of any municipality or county in the state, and neither the\nstate nor any municipality or county shall be liable thereon.\n…

§ 20.29. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and\nagree with the holders of any bonds or notes of a trust that the state\nwill not limit or alter the rights vested in a trust by this article or\nby special law to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with …

§ 20.31. Bonds and notes as legal investments. The bonds and notes of\na trust are hereby made securities in which all public officers and\nbodies of this state and all municipalities and political subdivisions,\nall insurance companies and associations and other persons carryin…

§ 20.33. Exemption from taxation. 1. It is hereby determined that the\ncreation of a trust pursuant to this article and the carrying out of its\ncorporate purposes are in all respects for the benefit of the people of\nthe state, for the improvement of their health and welfare, a…

§ 20.35. Actions by and against a trust. 1. The supreme court shall\nhave exclusive jurisdiction of any action, suit or special proceeding\nbrought by or against or involving a trust. The venue of any action,\nsuit or special proceeding brought against a trust shall be laid in t…

§ 20.37. Cooperation with the state, counties and municipalities. Any\nagency or department of the state, of the county or of any municipality\nmay render such services to a trust as may be requested by the trust.\nUpon request of a trust, any such agency or department is hereby…

§ 20.39. Annual and other reports. 1. A trust shall submit to the\ngovernor and to the mayor or chief executive officer and the governing\nbody of the municipality or county in which its principal office is\nlocated, within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, a\ncompl…

§ 20.41. Construction. This article and each special law enacted\npursuant to this article, being necessary for the welfare of the state\nand its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate\nits purposes.\n

§ 20.43. Inconsistent provisions of other laws superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this article and each special law enacted pursuant to\nthis article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law,\ngeneral, special or local, the provisions of this article and each…

§ 20.45. Separability. If any provision of any section of this article\nand each special law enacted pursuant to this article or the application\nthereof to any person or circumstance shall be judged invalid by a court\nof competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment shall be …

§ 20.47. Application of law. Any other provision of any other law to\nthe contrary notwithstanding, all of the applicable provisions of the\ngeneral municipal law, or of any other law, shall apply to the New York\nstate cultural resources act herein continued in the same manner …

§ 21.01. Special definitions. As used or referred to in this article,\nall terms shall have the meanings set forth in section 20.03 of this\nchapter, except that the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n 1. "City" shall mean the city of New York.\n 2. "Mayor" sha…

§ 21.03. Legislative findings and statement of purposes. 1. The\nlegislature hereby finds, determines and declares:\n (a) that it is essential for the general and economic welfare of the\npeople of the state for the city to remain a unique national and\ninternational center for …

§ 21.05. Creation and administration of the trust. 1. There is hereby\ncreated the trust for cultural resources of the city of New York which\nshall have all the powers, rights, privileges and exemptions of a trust\nfor cultural resources described in article twenty of this chap…

§ 21.07. Special powers of the trust relating to assisting\nparticipating cultural institutions. In addition to such powers as are\nconferred elsewhere in article twenty of this chapter and this article,\nthe trust shall have the following powers which may be exercised, at the\n…

§ 21.09. Special provisions relating to the acquisition of real\nproperty. 1. Subject to subdivision two of this section, the trust may\nacquire real property by condemnation pursuant to the provisions of the\neminent domain procedure law where not inconsistent with this article…

§ 21.11. Special provisions relating to tax-equivalency payments. 1.\nThe trust shall use and apply in the following order the tax-equivalency\npayments it receives in respect of each combined-use facility:\n (a) the trust shall first pay the costs of administration of the trust…

§ 21.13. Special provisions relating to the financing and development\nof combined-use facilities or public television facilities. 1.\nNotwithstanding any of the powers granted to the trust by this article\nor by article twenty of this title, the trust shall neither convey nor\n…

§ 21.15. Application of law. Any other provision of any other law to\nthe contrary notwithstanding:\n 1. All of the applicable provisions of the general municipal law or of\nany other law shall apply to the trust herein continued in the same\nmanner as if the language of such la…

§ 22.01. Special definitions. As used or referred to in this article,\nall terms shall have the meanings set forth in section 20.03 of this\nchapter, except that the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n 1. "County" shall mean the county of Onondaga.\n 2. "County…

§ 22.03. Legislative findings and statement of purposes. 1. The\nlegislature hereby finds, determines and declares:\n (a) that certain major cultural institutions located in the county are\ninvaluable cultural, educational and recreational resources of the state\nand the continu…

§ 22.05. Creation and administration of the trust. 1. There is hereby\ncreated the trust for cultural resources of the county of Onondaga which\nshall have all the powers, rights, privileges and exemptions of a trust\nfor cultural resources described in article twenty of this ch…

§ 22.07. Special powers of the trust relating to assisting\nparticipating cultural institutions. In addition to such powers as are\nconferred elsewhere in article twenty of this chapter and this article,\nthe trust shall have the following powers which may be exercised, at the\n…

§ 22.09. Special provisions relating to the financing and development\nof facilities in the county of Onondaga. 1. No individual who serves on\nthe board of trustees, or equivalent body, of a not-for-profit cultural\norganization shall be a developer of, or share in any profits …

§ 23.01. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares that:\n 1. The maintenance and well-being of the legitimate theatre in this\nstate is essential to the cultural, moral and artistic well-being of the\npeople of the state.\n 2. It…

§ 23.03. Definitions. 1. The following terms, whenever used or\nreferred to in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless\nthe context clearly requires otherwise:\n (a) A "theatrical production" shall mean those live-staged dramatic\nproductions, dramatic-musical pr…

§ 23.05. Investigations. 1. Whenever it shall appear to the attorney\ngeneral either upon complaint or otherwise that any person has violated\nor is about to violate any provision of this article, or that he\nbelieves it necessary to aid in the enforcement of this article or in\…

§ 23.07. Records; bank accounts. All moneys raised from the offer and\nsale of syndication interests in a theatrical production company, as\ndefined herein, shall be held in a special bank account in trust until\nactually employed for pre-production or production purposes of the…

§ 23.08. Proceeds from advance ticket sales; refunds. 1. Any ticket\ndistributor who offers or sells to the public in or from the state of\nNew York, advance tickets of admission to events to be held in places of\nentertainment, or who contracts for the sale of such advance tick…

§ 23.09. Application of article; exemptions. 1. The provisions of\narticle twenty-three-A of the general business law shall not be\napplicable to offerings subject to the requirements of this article, or\nwith respect to such offerings, to producers or principals thereof.\n 2. T…

§ 23.11. Injunctions; modification or dissolution. 1. Whenever the\nattorney general shall believe from evidence satisfactory to him that\nany person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice\nconstituting a violation of any provision of this article or any rule o…

§ 23.13. Application of the provisions of civil practice law and\nrules. The provisions of the civil practice law and rules shall apply\nto all actions and proceedings brought under this article except as\nherein otherwise provided.\n

§ 23.15. Immunity. Upon any investigation or proceeding before the\nattorney general or other officer designated by him, or in any criminal\nproceeding before any court, pursuant to or for a violation of any of\nthe provisions of this article, the attorney general or other offic…

§ 23.17. Enforcement by attorney general. The attorney general may\nprosecute every person charged with a criminal offense in violation of\nthis article and regulations issued thereunder, or any violation of any\nother law of this state applicable to or in respect to fraudulent\…

§ 23.19. Unlawful retention of payments. Any producer, promoter,\nprincipal, employee, general manager, company manager or agent of a\ntheatrical production company, as defined herein, who knowingly\nreceives, directly or indirectly, from any supplier, advertising agency,\npubli…

§ 23.21. Violations and penalties. Any person, partnership,\ncorporation, company, trust or association willfully violating any of\nthe provisions of this article or any rule or regulation issued\nthereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not\nmore than…

§ 23.23. Prohibited activities of ticket distributors. 1. The term\n"ticket distributor" shall mean all owners, operators or operating\nlessees whether an individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation,\ntrust or association who control the operation of a place of\nentertai…

* § 25.01. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares\nthat transactions involving tickets for admission to places of\nentertainment are a matter of public interest and subject to the\nsupervision of New York and the appropriate political subdivisions of\nthe state…

* § 25.03. Definitions. As used in this article the term: 1.\n"Entertainment" means all forms of entertainment including, but not\nlimited to, theatrical or operatic performances, concerts, motion\npictures, all forms of entertainment at fair grounds, amusement parks\nand all ty…

* § 25.05. Ticket speculators. Any person who:\n 1. Conducts on or in any street in a city or in the county of Nassau\nthe business of selling or offering for sale any ticket of admission or\nany other evidence of the right of entry to any performance or\nexhibition in or about …

* § 25.06. Resale of tickets issued at no charge. Notwithstanding an\nindividual's ability to transfer a ticket to another party, it shall be\nunlawful for any person, firm or corporation to resell or offer to\nresell any ticket or other evidence of right of entry to any place o…

* § 25.07. Ticket prices. 1. Every operator of a place of\nentertainment shall, if a price be charged for admission thereto, print\nor endorse on the face of each such ticket the established price, or the\nfinal auction price if such ticket was sold or resold by auction through\…

* § 25.08. Additional printing on tickets. Every operator of a place\nof entertainment having a permanent seating capacity in excess of five\nthousand persons shall, if a price be charged for admission thereto,\nprint or endorse in a clear and legible manner on each ticket, "Thi…

* § 25.09. Ticket speculators. 1. Any person who in violation of\nsection 25.13 of this article unlawfully resells or offers to resell or\nsolicits the purchase of any ticket to any place of entertainment shall\nbe guilty of ticket speculation.\n 2. Any person, firm or corporati…

* § 25.10. Ticket resale requirements. 1. It shall be unlawful for a\nlicensee or other ticket reseller to contract for the sale of tickets,\ncontract to obtain tickets for another, or accept consideration for\npayment in full or for a deposit for the sale of tickets unless such…

§ 25.11. Resales of tickets within buffer zone. 1. No person, firm,\ncorporation or not-for-profit organization, whether or not domiciled,\nlicensed or registered within the state, shall resell, offer to resell\nor solicit the resale of any ticket to any place of entertainment h…