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A05402 Summary:

BILL NOA05402A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04615-A
 
SPONSORSolages
 
COSPNSRSillitti, Griffin, Taylor, Epstein, Dinowitz, Dickens, Galef, Gonzalez-Rojas, Zinerman, Jackson, Rozic, Otis, Lavine
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §§99-x & 209-gg, Gen Muni L; add §1527-a, Ed L
 
Prohibits the selling or displaying of symbols of hate by municipalities, fire districts, volunteer fire companies, police departments and school districts.
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A05402 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5402--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 16, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SOLAGES, SILLITTI, GRIFFIN, TAYLOR, EPSTEIN,
          DINOWITZ, DICKENS, GALEF, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ZINERMAN, JACKSON, ROZIC  --
          read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Local Governments --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law and the education law, in
          relation to prohibiting the selling or displaying of symbols of hate
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 99-x to read as follows:
     3    § 99-x. Prohibit symbols of hate.  1. A municipality shall not sell or
     4  display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or  tangible  personal
     5  property,  inscribed  with  such  an image unless the image appears in a
     6  book, digital medium, museum, or  otherwise  serves  an  educational  or
     7  historical purpose.
     8    2.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
     9  the following meanings:
    10    (a) "Symbols of hate" shall include, but not be limited to, symbols of
    11  white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the  Confedera-
    12  cy.
    13    (b)  "Municipality"  shall mean any county, town, village, city, board
    14  of cooperative educational services,  other  special  district,  or  any
    15  office or agency thereof.
    16    §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
    17  209-gg to read as follows:
    18    § 209-gg. Symbols of hate.  1. A fire district, volunteer fire  compa-
    19  ny,  or  police department shall not sell or display any symbols of hate
    20  or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such
    21  an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum,  or
    22  otherwise serves an educational or historical purpose.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08985-03-1

        A. 5402--A                          2
 
     1    2.  For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate" shall
     2  include, but not be limited to, symbols  of  white  supremacy,  neo-Nazi
     3  ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
     4    §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 1527-a to
     5  read as follows:
     6    § 1527-a. Prohibit symbols of hate.  1. A school  district  shall  not
     7  sell  or  display  any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible
     8  personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears
     9  in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or
    10  historical purpose.
    11    2. For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate"  shall
    12  include,  but  not  be  limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi
    13  ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
    14    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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