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- Vetoed memo.226
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.410
- Substituted for A10101A
- Referred to labor
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1454
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 6701b
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- Amend and recommit to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
- Print number 6701a
- Amend and recommit to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
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Relates to child performers in community theater
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Title of bill
An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in relation to child performers in community theater
Purpose
To exempt community theaters from the laws regarding the participation of minors in a theatrical event
Summary of provisions
Section one of this bill amends Arts and Cultural Affairs Law section 35.01(2) to add not-for-profit community theaters where the performance of the child is not for remuneration and occurs during hours when the child is not required to be in school to the list of exemptions from the laws regarding the employment, use, or exhibition of minors for the purpose of singing, dancing, modeling, playing a musical instrument or appearing in a play, movie or television show.
The bill also assures that for the provisions of this act to apply to child performers that community theater players cannot be members of a performing arts labor association and cannot be paid.
Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
Existing law
The exemptions provided by Arts and Cultural Affairs Law section 35.01(2) include participation, use or exhibition of a child in an academy or school, as part of their regular or graduation activities, a church, a private home, or any place where the performance is under the direction and control of the Department of Education.
Justification
From their humble beginnings as amateur theaters and little theaters, community theaters have deep roots in New York and in this Country. Notably, in 1919, the work of the Washington Square Players evolved into the Theater Guild. After ninety-six years, the Theater Guild is still going strong and contributing to theater in New York City. The Province-town Players, whose members lived in Greenwich Village, are credited with the discovery and nurturing of an unknown playwright named Eugene O'Neill.
Community theaters provide a nurturing atmosphere for all of the artists involved in a production. As not for profit entities, these community theaters exist to provide a home for all theatrical artists, inexperienced and experienced alike, and their productions. As such, they are similar to other entities and situations that enjoy the current exemption form the laws regarding the employment, use, or exhibition of minors for the purpose of singing, dancing, modeling, playing a musical instrument or appearing in a play, movie or television show. Extending the current exemption to community theaters will help them thrive.
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None EFFECTIVE DATE : This act shall take effect immediately.
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