] is old law to be omitted. LBD00140-01-3A. 496 2 1 2. the city of New York (which consists of Bronx, New York, Queens, 2 Kings, and Richmond counties); 3 3. the Mid-Hudson region (which consists of Sullivan, Ulster, Dutch- 4 ess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland counties); 5 4. the Southern tier (which consists of Steuben, Schuyler, Tompkins, 6 Chemung, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, and Delaware counties); 7 5. the Capital region (which consists of Warren, Washington, Saratoga, 8 Schenectady, Rensselaer, Albany, Columbia, and Greene counties); 9 6. the Mohawk valley (which consists of Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton, 10 Montgomery, Otsego, and Schoharie counties); 11 7. the North country (which consists of Clinton, Franklin, St. 12 Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis, Hamilton, and Essex counties); 13 8. the Central region (which consists of Oswego, Cayuga, Onondaga, 14 Madison, and Cortland counties); 15 9. the Finger Lakes region (which consists of Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, 16 Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates counties); and 17 10. the Western region (which consists of Niagara, Erie, Chautauqua, 18 Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties). 19 § 6.05. Regional arts, cultural affairs, and parks competitive acces- 20 sibility grants. 1. The governor shall, in each region, establish a 21 council which shall issue competitive accessibility grants within the 22 region. Six members of each regional council shall be local experts and 23 stakeholders from arts and cultural affairs organizations and parks 24 organizations within the region. One member of each regional council 25 shall be an expert in accessibility. Each regional council shall have 26 seven total members appointed to such council. Five members of each 27 regional council shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at 28 the pleasure of the governor, one member of each regional council shall 29 be appointed by the speaker of the assembly and serve at the pleasure of 30 the assembly, and one member of each regional council shall be appointed 31 by the temporary president of the senate and serve at the pleasure of 32 the senate. All members of the regional councils shall be subject to the 33 provisions of section seventy-three-a of the public officers law. 34 2. The regional councils shall, with approval from the governor, issue 35 competitive accessibility grants to arts and cultural affairs organiza- 36 tions and parks organizations within their region for capital projects 37 such that: 38 (a) in the city of New York region, an equal amount of grant money is 39 issued to organizations with operating budgets of ten million dollars or 40 more as is issued to organizations with operating budgets of less than 41 ten million dollars; and 42 (b) in all other regions, an equal amount of grant money is issued to 43 organizations with operating budgets of five million dollars or more as 44 is issued to organizations with operating budgets of less than five 45 million dollars. 46 3. The regional councils shall issue competitive accessibility grants 47 for implementing the accessibility programs at the organization. Such 48 grants shall be issued based on criteria established by the governor for 49 such purpose. 50 4. No regional council shall issue a competitive accessibility grant 51 to an organization which has received a competitive accessibility grant 52 under this article within the prior three years. 53 5. No regional council shall issue competitive accessibility grants 54 totaling more than fifty percent of such council's competitive accessi- 55 bility grant money issued in a calendar year to parks organizations. 56 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.