Assembly Bill A962

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting symbols of hate on state property

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S883
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §3, Chap of 2020 (as proposed in S.8298-B & A.10729-A)

2021-A962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits symbols of hate on state owned property.

2021-A962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    962
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to prohib-
   iting symbols of hate on state owned property at the state  fair;  and
   to  amend a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the public buildings
   law and the agriculture and markets law relating  to  prohibiting  the
   state  of  New  York  from selling   or displaying symbols of hate, as
   proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.8298-B  and  A.10729-A,  in
   relation to making the provisions of such act severable
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 51 of section 16 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as added by a chapter of the laws  of  2020,  amending  the  public
 buildings  law and the agriculture and markets law relating to prohibit-
 ing the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8298-B and A.10729-A,is  amended
 to read as follows:
   51.  [Take]  AND  SHALL  TAKE  any measures necessary to prohibit [the
 sale,] ANY PERSON FROM ATTACHING OR AFFIXING TO STATE OWNED PROPERTY  on
 the  grounds of the state fair [and any other fairs that receive govern-
 ment funding, of] ANY symbols of hate, as defined in section one hundred
 forty-six of the public buildings law,  or any similar image, or  tangi-
 ble  personal  property,  inscribed with such an image, unless the image
 appears in a book, digital medium, or otherwise serves an educational or
 historical purpose.
   § 2. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending  the  public
 buildings  law and the agriculture and markets law relating to prohibit-
 ing the state of New York from selling or displaying symbols of hate, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8298-B and A.10729-A, is  renum-
 bered section 4 and a new section 3 is added to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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