What's happening
This bill makes permanent the authority to charge an admission fee at the New York Botanical Garden.
Why it matters
Ensures stable funding for the New York Botanical Garden. by making the ability to charge an admission fee permanent, which could support maintenance, programming, and long-term planning.
Removes uncertainty for both management and visitors. by eliminating the scheduled expiration date for admission fees, preventing future disruptions or sudden changes in fee policy.
May impact accessibility and equity. , as making admission fees permanent could affect low-income or local residents who might otherwise rely on free or reduced entry if the authority lapsed.
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Make Garden Entry Fee Permanent
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Vetoed memo.148
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.141
- Substituted for A5949
- Referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–3
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.442
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- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
Companion bill
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Make Botanical Garden Fee Permanent
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Nathalia Fernandez
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4449
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 11, 2019
Introduced by Sen. BIAGGI -- 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 chapter 465 of the laws of 1994, amending chapter 285 of the laws of 1891 relating to charging a fee for admission to the New York Botanical Garden, in relation to making permanent certain provisions authorizing the imposition of a required fee; and to repeal section 2 of such chapter 465 of the laws of 1994 relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 465 of the laws of 1994, amending chapter 285 of the laws of 1891 relating to charging a fee for admission to the New York Botanical Garden, as amended by chapter 120 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after April 30, 1994[; provided that:
(a) the amendment made by section one of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on May 1, 2020; and
(b) section two of this act shall take effect on May 1, 2020].
§ 2. Section 2 of chapter 465 of the laws of 1994, amending chapter 285 of the laws of 1891 relating to charging a fee for admission to the New York Botanical Garden, is REPEALED.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09768-02-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend chapter 465 of the laws of 1994, amending chapter 285 of the laws of 1891 relating to charging a fee for admission to the New York Botanical Garden, in relation to making perma- nent certain provisions authorizing the imposition of a required fee; and to repeal section 2 of such chapter 465 of the laws of 1994 relating thereto
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to give the New York Botanical Garden authorization to charge or not charge an admission fee.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends chapter 465 of the laws of 1994, section 3 and subse- quent extensions, to eliminate the expiration date authorizing the New York Botanical Garden to charge a fee for admission by the general public to help sustain the organization's operations and botanical exhibits.
Section 2:
Section 3: This act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) charges nominal and varying fees for admission to certain exhibits of this organization. They must be authorized to continue to do so in order to remain open to the public and a financially viable organization that can continue to host new living exhibits. This legislation will provide NYBG with parity among other organizations that are not required to pass legislation yearly to charge admission.
The following organizations charge for admission and do not require legislation to do so:
Bronx
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Bronx River Arts Center
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Hostos Center for Performing Arts
Pregones Theater
Wave Hill
Manhattan
American Museum of Natural History
Carnegie Hall El Museo del Barrio
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
MoMa
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Opera
Museum of the City of New York
New York City Ballet
New York Historical Society
New York Philharmonic
Public Theater
Studio Museum in Harlem
Guggenheim
The Whitney
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAN) Brooklyn Children's Museum
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
NY Aquarium
Queens
Flushing Town Hall
Museum of the Moving Image
Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Museum Queens Theater
Staten Island
Snug Harbor and Cultural Center
Staten Island Children's Museum Staten
Island Historical Society Staten Island Museum
Staten Island Zoo
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None
Effective date
Immediately
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