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Assembly Bill A9703

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires certain text-books to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea

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2013-A9703 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6599
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง706, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A625, S715
2017-2018: A1356, S1284
2019-2020: A579, S4050
2021-2022: A321, S3977
2023-2024: A3500, S3579
2025-2026: A1435

2013-A9703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all text-books approved by this article to reference the Sea of Japan as also the East Sea.

2013-A9703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9703

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

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:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 706 to
read as follows:
  S 706. REFERENCE TO SEA OF JAPAN. ANY TEXT-BOOK  APPROVED  AND  ISSUED
PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH REFERS TO
THE SEA OF JAPAN SHALL ALSO REFER TO SUCH SEA AS THE EAST SEA.
  S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016 and shall apply to  text-
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.
                                                           LBD13988-08-4

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