Establishes the county historian for the county of Niagara and the local historian for any city, town or village located within the county of Niagara shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of such county, city, town or village.

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S234-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 1, 2011: referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development
• Jun 1, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 1, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 1, 2011: HOME RULE REQUEST
• Feb 8, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Feb 7, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 1, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.46
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

S234-2011 Meetings

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation: Feb 1, 2011

S234-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 8, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 8, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 31, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 5, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 12, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011

S234-2011 Votes

S234-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S234

TITLE  OF BILL:  An act to amend the arts and cultural affairs law, in
relation to the appointment of  local  historians  in  the  county  of
Niagara

PURPOSE:    To establish that the local historian for any municipality
in the county of Niagara shall be appointed  by  the  chief  executive
officer of such municipality.

SUMMARY  OF  PROVISIONS:    Section  1 amends subdivision 1 of section
57.07 of the arts and cultural affairs law as amended by  chapter  737
of  the  laws  of  1987.    It  is amended to state that the county of
Niagara and the local historian for the city, town or village  located
within the county of Niagara shall be appointed by the chief executive
officer  of  such county, city, town or village and the appointment of
such historians, as well as any deputy historians  working  with  such
historians, shall not be subject to civil service requirements.

JUSTIFICATION:    To  better serve the community, candidates should be
appointed to these important positions by their  supervising  officer,
and  should  be  chosen  solely  on  the  basis  of their credentials,
experience and love of history. Current  methods  of  selecting  local
historians  have not adequately represented Niagara county in the past
and thus it is in the best interests of the county  to  appoint  local
historians with expert knowledge of the area.

LEGISLATIVE  HISTORY:    S.8716/A.9849 of 2009-2010; Advanced to Third
Reading
S.7160 of 2007/2008; Advanced to Third Reading

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S234-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     234

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 arts and cultural affairs law, in  relation  to  the
    appointment of local historians in the county of Niagara

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 57.07 of  the  arts  and  cultural
  affairs  law,  as amended by chapter 737 of the laws of 1987, is amended
  to read as follows:

    1. A local historian shall be appointed, as provided in this  section,
  for  each  city,  town  or  village,  except  that in a city of over one
  million inhabitants a  local  historian  shall  be  appointed  for  each
  borough therein instead of for the city at large; and a county historian
  may  be  appointed for each county. Such historian shall be appointed as
  follows: For a city, by the mayor; for a borough, by the borough  presi-
  dent;  for a town, by the supervisor; for a village, by the mayor; for a
  county, by the board of supervisors.    PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE  COUNTY
  HISTORIAN  FOR  THE  COUNTY  OF  NIAGARA AND THE LOCAL HISTORIAN FOR ANY
  CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE LOCATED WITHIN THE  COUNTY  OF  NIAGARA  SHALL  BE
  APPOINTED  BY  THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR
  VILLAGE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SUCH HISTORIANS, AS WELL  AS  ANY  DEPUTY
  HISTORIANS  WORKING  WITH SUCH HISTORIANS, SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL
  SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. Such historian shall serve  without  compensation,
  unless  the  governing board of the city, town, village or county for or
  in which he or she was appointed or in the city of New York, the  mayor,
  shall  otherwise  provide.  In  a city having a board of estimate, other
  than the city of  New  York,  a  resolution  or  ordinance  establishing
  compensation  or salary for such historian shall not take effect without
  the concurrence of such board. Each  local  government  historian  shall

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01172-01-1

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  promote the establishment and improvement of programs for the management
  and  preservation  of  local  government records with enduring value for
  historical or other research; encourage the coordinated  collection  and
  preservation of nongovernmental historical records by libraries, histor-
  ical  societies,  and  other  repositories;  and  carry out and actively
  encourage research in such records in order to  add  to  the  knowledge,
  understanding  and  appreciation  of  the community's history. The local
  authorities of the city, town, village or county for which such histori-
  an is appointed, may provide the historian with sufficient  space  in  a
  safe,  vault  or  other  fire  proof  structure  for the preservation of
  historical materials collected. Such  local  authorities  and  also  the
  board  of  supervisors  of  each of the counties of the state are hereby
  authorized and empowered to appropriate, raise by tax and expend  moneys
  for  historical  purposes  within their several jurisdictions, including
  historical edifices, the erection of historical markers  and  monuments,
  the collection of war mementos, and, either alone or in cooperation with
  patriotic  or  historical organizations, the preparation and publication
  of local histories and records and the printing  and  issuing  of  other
  historical materials in aid of the work of the local historian.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.