Bill Text: NY A03108 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to cities [A03108 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A03108-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3108 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, SANTABARBARA, SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to establishing the prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section 2 20-h to read as follows: 3 § 20-h. Prohibition against requiring a permit for the singing of the 4 national anthem or the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. Any city 5 that requires a permit for the performance of an activity that takes 6 place on public or private land within such city, shall not apply any 7 requirement to obtain such a permit for, and shall not levy or assess 8 any sanction or any other penalty against any individual, group or 9 organization for the non-permitted performance of, the singing of the 10 national anthem of the United States of America or the reciting of the 11 pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04808-01-7
