Assembly Bill A2839

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates the people's history project to foster the recognition of heretofore overlooked personages, sites, and events of historical significance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2839 (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:
2009-2010: A1499
2011-2012: A1931
2015-2016: A3922
2017-2018: A6868

2013-A2839 (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.

2013-A2839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2839

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND,
  COLTON, LAVINE, WEINSTEIN, 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.
                                                           LBD00758-01-3
              

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