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NY S06246
Bill
Status
5/11/2017
Primary Sponsor
Leroy Comrie
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AI Summary
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Establishes a people's history project within the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to recognize overlooked persons, sites, and events of historical significance in New York state.
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Creates a people's history committee appointed by the commissioner, composed of academic and professional historians, local historical society members, and diverse representatives reflecting the state's population by race, ethnicity, gender, language, and geography.
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Allows New York residents to annually nominate persons, sites, and events for inclusion, with the committee selecting up to ten nominees per year based on historical impact, overlooked status, and effects on the state.
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Authorizes erection of commemorative markers at selected sites and requires the office to maintain a website listing approved selections with descriptions, maps, and relevant information.
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with the commissioner authorized to promulgate rules and regulations immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
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 suitable commemorative markers, a map and website listings of such.
Last Action
SUBSTITUTED BY A6868A
6/19/2018