Bill Text: NY A00860 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-21 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [A00860 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00860-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         860--A
                                                                Cal. No. 363

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GIBBS, SIMON, TAYLOR, SAYEGH, NOVAKHOV, CUNNING-
          HAM -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and  referred
          to  the  Committee  on  Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development --
          recommitted to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Devel-
          opment in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --  reported  from
          committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
          retaining its place on the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the author-
          ization  of  the department of economic development to provide funding
          for any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stick-
          ball

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 161 of the economic development
     2  law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (a) Encourage, facilitate and coordinate the planning and  implementa-
     5  tion  of  programs to advertise, stimulate, promote and increase tourist
     6  travel, resort, vacation, culture and convention activities  within  the
     7  state  and its regions with such flexibility as to bring about as effec-
     8  tive and economical a tourist  promotion  plan  as  possible,  including
     9  authority  to provide funding for the sport of stickball. The department
    10  shall give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is  promot-
    11  ing the sport of cricket;
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01933-02-4