Prohibits the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a book, digital medium, museum or serves an educational or historical purpose; defines term "symbol of hate" to be symbols of white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8298--B
IN SENATE
May 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, JACK-
SON, KRUEGER, LIU, METZGER, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Investigations and Government Operations -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public buildings law and the agriculture and markets
law, in relation to prohibiting the state of New York from selling or
displaying 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 public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
2 146 to read as follows:
3 § 146. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. The state of New York shall not
4 sell or display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible
5 personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears
6 in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or
7 historical purpose.
8 2. For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate" shall
9 include, but not be limited to, symbols of white supremacy, neo-Nazi
10 ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
11 § 2. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
12 adding a new subdivision 51 to read as follows:
13 51. Take any measures necessary to prohibit the sale, on the grounds
14 of the state fair and any other fairs that receive government funding,
15 of symbols of hate, as defined in section one hundred forty-six of the
16 public buildings law, or any similar image, or tangible personal prop-
17 erty, inscribed with such an image, unless the image appears in a book,
18 digital medium, or otherwise serves an educational or historical
19 purpose.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
21 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
22 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
23 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
24 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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