Legislation
SECTION 99-X
Prohibit symbols of hate
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 5
§ 99-x. Prohibit symbols of hate. 1. A municipality shall not sell or
display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal
property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a
book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or
historical purpose.
2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) "Symbols of hate" shall include, but not be limited to, symbols of
white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the
Confederacy.
(b) "Municipality" shall mean any county, town, village, city, board
of cooperative educational services, other special district, or any
office or agency thereof.
display any symbols of hate or any similar image, or tangible personal
property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears in a
book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or
historical purpose.
2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
(a) "Symbols of hate" shall include, but not be limited to, symbols of
white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideology or the Battle Flag of the
Confederacy.
(b) "Municipality" shall mean any county, town, village, city, board
of cooperative educational services, other special district, or any
office or agency thereof.