Bill Text: NY A09703 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9703 (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 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - referred to education [A09703 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9703
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 16, 2014
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       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:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 706 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 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    S 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.
                                                                  LBD13988-08-4