| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2016 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S6804
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S6804 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S6804 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6804
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
authorizing the flag to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the
death of certain first responders
PURPOSE : To commemorate line of duty deaths for all of New York's
first responders by flying the flag at half-staff.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends subdivision 21 of Section 403 of the Executive Law
to require the governor and all local agencies to order flags to be
flown at half-staff to commemorate all line of duty deaths of New York
first responders, whether paid or volunteer.
Section 2: Sets an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION : Although common practice for many local agencies is
to honor line of duty deaths of first responders in the same county,
some first responders have expressed a desire to honor all of their
fallen brothers and sisters in duty, and this bill was created as a
result of some of these first responders expressing their desire for
such a policy. This bill would allow them to commemorate those who
have fallen while in service of their duties; regardless of where they
serve in the State.
2015-S6804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6804
I N S E N A T E
February 24, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the flag
to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the death of certain first
responders
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 403 of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 666 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
21. The flag shall be flown at full staff at all times except it shall
be flown at half-staff on the eleventh of September, known as September
11th Remembrance Day, the seventh day of December, known as Pearl Harbor
Day, and to commemorate the death of a personage of national or state
standing or of a local serviceman, official or public servant who, in
the opinion of the local agency concerned, contributed to the community.
It may also be flown at half-staff during special periods of mourning
designated by the President of the United States or the Governor of this
state. THE GOVERNOR AND ALL LOCAL AGENCIES OF THIS STATE SHALL ORDER
FLAGS TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF ANY POLICE
OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, AMBULANCE DRIVER,
PARAMEDIC, PHYSICIAN OR REGISTERED NURSE INVOLVED IN A FIRST RESPONSE
TEAM, OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IN THE COURSE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES,
WHETHER THEY WERE PAID OR VOLUNTEER, PERFORMED EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIV-
ITIES IN THIS STATE WHO PASSED AWAY IN PERFORMANCE OF THESE DUTIES.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14214-02-6
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