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This bill establishes an annual Empire State Games and creates an advisory council to guide its funding, organization, and operation.
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Fund Annual Empire State Games
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1332
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1534
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- Reported and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
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Fund Annual Empire State Games
In Assembly Committee · Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1650
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2017
Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to the empire state games
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by adding a new article 8 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8
EMPIRE STATE GAMES Section 8.01 Empire state games.
8.03 Advisory council.
§ 8.01 Empire state games. 1. The office by and through the commissioner is hereby directed to provide for supporting and conducting the empire state games on an annual basis. Such games shall include, but not be limited to, summer and winter games for open competition, seniors and handicapped games.
2. The office shall exercise its duties pursuant to this article, in consultation with and upon the recommendations of the advisory council established pursuant to section 8.03 of this article.
3. The office in furtherance of the provisions of this article shall:
(a) secure funding for the empire state games. The sources of such funding shall include, but not be limited to, appropriations, gifts, bequests, the establishment of public/private partnerships and the establishment of not-for-profit foundations for such purpose;
(b) determine the site of each type of empire state games; and
(c) provide suitable facilities and personnel for the conducting of each type of empire state games.
§ 8.03 Advisory council. 1. The commissioner shall establish an advisory council on the empire state games to research and provide recommen-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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dations for the most efficient and effective manner of conducting the empire state games.
2. The advisory council shall be composed of sixteen members appointed as follows: (a) eight members shall be appointed by the commissioner, (b) two members shall be appointed by the governor, (c) two members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, (d) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, (e) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and (f) one member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. The members of the advisory council shall have expertise in finance, fundraising and/or athletics. The appointees shall be broadly representative of the geographic areas of the state. Members of the advisory council shall receive from state funds no compensation for their services nor their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties; provided, however, such members may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties if such reimbursement is provided by a private source.
3. The advisory council may request and shall receive from the office such facilities, resources and data as it may need to properly carry out its powers and duties pursuant to this article.
4. The advisory council shall advise the office on all aspects of the conducting and funding of the empire state games, including, but not limited to:
(a) public and private sources of funding;
(b) the establishment of a not-for-profit foundation formed specifically to fund the empire state games;
(c) the establishment of public/private partnerships to provide funding for any portion of the empire state games;
(d) suitable locations for the conducting of the empire state games;
(e) a determination of the total projected costs of the empire state games;
(f) alternative sources of funding if state appropriations therefor are reduced or eliminated;
(g) determinations of the economic viability and costs of conducting the empire state games in each of the various regions of the state; and
(h) a determination of the means by which to make the empire state games the most economically viable to the state and its residents.
5. The advisory council shall meet not less than three times each calendar year. Furthermore, the council shall report its findings on or before the first day of January and July to the governor, the office, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the members of the senate committee on cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation, and the members of the assembly committee on tourism, parks, arts and sports development.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in relation to the empire state games
Purpose of bill
The purpose of the bill is to direct the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to fund and conduct the empire state games on an annual basis and to establish an advisory council to assist the office in doing so.
Summary of provisions
The bill amends the parks, recreation and historic preservation law by adding a new article 8 that directs the commissioner to provide support for and continue with the conducting of the empire state games on an annual basis. Such games shall include, but not be limited to, summer and winter games for open competition, seniors and handicapped games. The bill directs the office to seek funding for the games through appropriations, gifts, bequests, public/private partnership and the establishment of a not-for-profit foundations for such purposes. The bill calls upon the commissioner to establish an advisory council on the empire state games to research and provide recommendations for the most efficient and effective manner of conducting the empire state games, as well as fundraising aspects and locations in which to hold the games.
Justification
Despite the fact that the empire state games have a return of investment many times that of the cost to the state, the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation recently cancelled the game due to staffing cuts. The legislature finds that this action is detrimental not only to those athletes and coaches that put in countless hours of preparation to compete in the games, but is also detrimental to the local economies within the host site areas and to the state's economy as a whole. Therefore it is prudent to require that the office continue to support these games for the good of all state citizens and taxpayers.
Legislative history
2015-16: S4735-A8615 - Finance/tourism, parks, arts, sports development
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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