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GMU - General Municipal
Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities
99-X - Prohibit Symbols of Hate.
Universal Citation: NY Gen Mun L § 99-X (2022)
§ 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.
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