Senate Bill S4174

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4174

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the display of
certain flags


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The bill requires all facilities of the State Police which display a
US flag to display a flag representing the National Law Enforcement
Officers Memorial in Washington DC.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one of the bill amends the heading of Article 19 of the
Executive Law to make reference to "other flags" in parks and public
buildings.

Section two of the bill adds a new §404 requiring display of the flag
of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.

Section three is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :
              

Legislation was signed by President Ronald Reagan in October, 1984,
authorizing a National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial to be created
and built on federal land and establishing a fund to receive
donations. The groundbreaking occurred in October, 1989, and the
completed memorial was dedicated by President George H. W. Bush at
Judiciary Square in October, 1991, with 12,561 names carved on the
marble walls of the monument. The fund created in 1984 supports the
Memorial, the National Law Enforcement Museum to be completed in 2011,
an "Officer of the Month" program, National Police Week created by
President John F. Kennedy in 1962, and an annual Candlelight Vigil for
the families of slain officers who died in the line of duty during the
previous year and to commemorate the dedication of the officers' names
on the Memorial. There are currently 17,917 federal, state and local
law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line of duty
whose names are recorded on the National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial. New York has several unique and poignant connections to the
Memorial:

* Deputy Sheriff Isaac Smith of the New York City Sheriffs Office was
killed on May 17, 1792, and is the first known officer killed in the
line of duty in our nation's history.

* September 11, 2001, was the deadliest day in law enforcement
history; 72 officers, mostly New Yorkers, were killed that day. Their
names appear on panels 9W through 22W. Some additional facts about the
Fallen Officers on the Memorial:

* Anna Hart, a prison matron with the Hamilton County, Ohio, Sheriffs
Office was killed on July 24, 1916, and is the first known female
officer to die in the line of duty.

* 215 female officers' names are engraved on the Memorial. The NLEOMF
Board is composed of top officials from the nation's 15 major law
enforcement organizations, representing more than 870,000 law
enforcement officers nationwide. This legislation recognizes that this
is a fitting association for our officers and a fitting tribute to the
sacrifices made by our State Police and law enforcement officers
nationwide.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2008: Passed Senate/Assembly Governmental Operations Cmte.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

There are approximately 185 State Police facilities statewide. Each
flag is $48. This legislation will cost approximately $9000 in total
for the State Police to implement.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the 30th day after it shall have become
law.