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                             February 24, 2020
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notice of  art  stolen
   during the Nazi era in Europe
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section 1. Section 233-aa of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  EVERY  MUSEUM  WHICH HAS ON DISPLAY ANY IDENTIFIABLE WORKS OF ART
 KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN CREATED BEFORE NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND  WHICH
 CHANGED  HANDS DUE TO THEFT, SEIZURE, CONFISCATION, FORCED SALE OR OTHER
 INVOLUNTARY MEANS IN EUROPE DURING THE NAZI ERA (NINETEEN HUNDRED  THIR-
 TY-THREE--NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE) SHALL PROMINENTLY PLACE A PLACARD
 ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH INFORMATION ALONG WITH SUCH DISPLAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14939-01-0