§ 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:

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(a) "Municipal officer or employee" shall have the same meaning as defined pursuant to § 800 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 § 99-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.