Assembly Actions -
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
Jan 12, 2011 |
referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development |
Assembly Bill A1931
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
William Colton
Charles Lavine
John McEneny
2011-A1931 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
- Law Section:
- Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §19.07, Pks & Rec L; amd §801, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A1499
2013-2014: A2839
2015-2016: A3922
2017-2018: A6868
2011-A1931 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates the people's history project within the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation to foster the recognition of heretofore overlooked personages, sites, and events of historical significance; provides for the establishment of a committee to pass on nominations made by the citizens of this state for the inclusion of personages, sites, and events in the project; provides for publication of a brochure thereof; provides for education in the schools on this subject.
2011-A1931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1931 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, COLTON, LAVINE, McENENY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and the education law, in relation to providing for the people's history project and for classroom instruction therein THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by adding a new section 19.07 to read as follows: S 19.07 PEOPLE'S HISTORY PROJECT. 1. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE IS REPLETE WITH PERSONS, SITES, AND EVENTS, OF BOTH LOCAL AND STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE, THAT HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN OVERLOOKED BY MAINSTREAM, ESTABLISHED HISTORY. OUR PRES- ENT HISTORICAL SITES, AND HISTORY AS IT IS TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND POPULARLY RECORDED, FAIL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLES WHO HAVE BUILT OUR STATE. NEW YORK IS THE STATE THAT HAS BEEN MOST AFFECTED BY THE IMMIGRANT AND VARIOUS ETHNIC POPULATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY. IT IS ALSO THE STATE THAT WAS MOST SIGNIFICANT TO THE MAJORITY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOVEMENTS OF THE LAST FOUR HUNDRED YEARS, YET OUR RECOGNITION OF HISTORIC PERSONAGES AND SITES TENDS TO OVERLOOK THEM. IT IS TIME THAT WE BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THOSE FROM EVERY BACKGROUND WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE. MAKING SUCH RECOGNITION WILL GIVE NEW CAUSE FOR PRIDE TO ALL THE PEOPLE AND CREATE NEW ROLE MODELS FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE. IT WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO TOURISM, ESPECIALLY SPECIAL NICHE TOURISM, AND CONSEQUENTLY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT ARE UNDERDEVELOPED ECONOMICALLY AND DISADVANTAGED. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH WITHIN THE OFFICE A PEOPLE'S HISTORY COMMITTEE. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF ACADEMIC AND PROFES- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05651-01-1
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