Bill Text: NY A01356 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1356 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A01356 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01356-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1356
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 11, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.  FARRELL, GALEF, HEVESI, McDONOUGH, RA, SOLAGES -- 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:
     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, 2019 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.
                                                                   LBD00591-01-7