Bill Text: NY S01284 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01284-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1284
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, STAVISKY -- 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  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