Bill Text: NY S00117 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires museums to post a notice with the display of any art stolen during the Nazi era in Europe.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3719A [S00117 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00117-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         117--A
            Cal. No. 669

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
          to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  reported  favorably  from said committee, ordered to first report,
          amended on first report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

        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:

     1    Section  1. Section 233-aa of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
     3    15. Every museum which has on display any identifiable  works  of  art
     4  known  to have been created before nineteen hundred forty-five and which
     5  changed hands due to theft, seizure, confiscation, forced sale or  other
     6  involuntary  means in Europe during the Nazi era (nineteen hundred thir-
     7  ty-three--nineteen hundred forty-five) shall, to the extent practicable,
     8  prominently place a placard or other signage acknowledging such informa-
     9  tion along with such display.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03330-03-2