Legislation
SECTION 99-Z
Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying political advertisements on public property
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 5
§ 99-z. Municipal officers or employees prohibited from displaying
political advertisements on public property. 1. For purposes of this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Municipal officer or employee" shall have the same meaning as
defined pursuant to section eight hundred of this chapter, except that
it shall also include members of any volunteer fire department which is
part of such municipality.
(b) "Political advertisement" shall mean any poster, sign, flag,
banner, picture, sticker, patch, bumper sticker, article of clothing,
accessory or any other item meant to advertise or promote a certain
individual for political office.
2. A municipal officer or employee, whether paid or unpaid, shall be
prohibited from displaying or causing to be displayed any political
advertisement on or within any public building occupied in the discharge
of official duties by an individual employed or holding office in the
government of such municipality, or on any public flag pole, monument,
sign or any other permanent structure that such municipal officer or
employee interacts with as part of their official capacity, or on any
uniform, accessory or other gear worn or used by a municipal officer or
employee as part of their official capacity, as well as on or within any
municipally owned vehicle, vehicle owned by a volunteer fire company, or
any equipment owned by a municipality or fire department.
3. This section shall not apply when such a political advertisement
appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an
educational or historical purpose, or in instances where the certain
individual who is the subject of such political advertisement is
deceased.
political advertisements on public property. 1. For purposes of this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Municipal officer or employee" shall have the same meaning as
defined pursuant to section eight hundred of this chapter, except that
it shall also include members of any volunteer fire department which is
part of such municipality.
(b) "Political advertisement" shall mean any poster, sign, flag,
banner, picture, sticker, patch, bumper sticker, article of clothing,
accessory or any other item meant to advertise or promote a certain
individual for political office.
2. A municipal officer or employee, whether paid or unpaid, shall be
prohibited from displaying or causing to be displayed any political
advertisement on or within any public building occupied in the discharge
of official duties by an individual employed or holding office in the
government of such municipality, or on any public flag pole, monument,
sign or any other permanent structure that such municipal officer or
employee interacts with as part of their official capacity, or on any
uniform, accessory or other gear worn or used by a municipal officer or
employee as part of their official capacity, as well as on or within any
municipally owned vehicle, vehicle owned by a volunteer fire company, or
any equipment owned by a municipality or fire department.
3. This section shall not apply when such a political advertisement
appears in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an
educational or historical purpose, or in instances where the certain
individual who is the subject of such political advertisement is
deceased.