STATE OF NEW YORK
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6599--D
Cal. No. 278
IN SENATE
February 11, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged and said bill committed to
the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
-- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retain-
ing its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain
text-books to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 706 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 706. Reference to Sea of Japan. Any text-book approved and issued
4 pursuant to section seven hundred one of this article which refers to
5 the Sea of Japan shall also refer to such sea as the East Sea.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016 and shall apply to text-
7 books approved and issued on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13988-07-4
