§ 147. 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 the general municipal law,
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 the municipality by which such officer or employee is
employed or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or on any public flag
pole, monument, sign or any other permanent structure, as well as any
other location specified pursuant to section ninety-nine-z of the
general municipal law that such municipal officer or employee interacts
with as part of their official capacity.

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.