Bill Text: NY S06570 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-07 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06570 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06570-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6570
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 7, 2014
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       Introduced  by Sen. 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  all  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 NOTE THAT IT IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE EAST SEA.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    7  text-books issued on and after July 1, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13989-02-4