Bill Text: NY A09679 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A09679 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09679-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9679

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2020
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        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development

        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 prominently place a placard
     8  acknowledging such information along with such display.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14939-01-0