NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9369
SPONSOR: Rules TITLE OF BILL: An act making an appropriation for services and
expenses related to the cultural education program
PURPOSE:
Transfer appropriation authority from the Council on the Arts to the
Education Department for the cultural education program.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill appropriates $9,431,700 to the education department for
services and expenses related to the cultural education program.
JUSTIFICATION:
The legislation proposed here appropriates the sum of $9,431,700 to the
Cultural Education Program. These funds are appropriated as general fund
- state operations, state purposes account - 003, as maintenance undis-
tributed, to be used for services and expenses of the Cultural Education
Program, including but not limited to the State museum, State library
and State archives.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
$9,431,700.
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately and retroactive to April 1, 2001.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 5758 A. 9369
2001-2002 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
July 31, 2001
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT making an appropriation for services and expenses related to the
cultural education program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The sum of nine million four hundred thirty-one thousand
2 seven hundred dollars ($9,431,700), or so much thereof as may be neces-
3 sary, is hereby appropriated to the education department, cultural
4 education program from the general fund - state operations, state
5 purposes account - 003, not otherwise appropriated, for maintenance
6 undistributed, for services and expenses of the cultural education
7 program, including, but not limited to, the state museum, state library
8 and state archives. This appropriation shall only be available upon
9 submission of a plan formulated by the commissioner of education and
10 approved by the director of the budget.
11 Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the state
12 comptroller on vouchers certified or approved in the manner provided by
13 law.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
15 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2001.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13653-01-1
