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Assembly Bill A5014

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Designates the month of May as elder appreciation month

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2015-A5014 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S785
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง168-b, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4742, S1573
2011-2012: A4131, S1744
2013-2014: A1661, S1975
2017-2018: A7573, S228

2015-A5014 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the month of May as elder appreciation month.

2015-A5014 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5014

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to designating the  month
  of May as Elder Appreciation Month

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  168-b
to read as follows:
  S 168-B. DESIGNATION OF MONTHS OF COMMEMORATION. 1. A MONTH OF COMMEM-
ORATION  IS A CALENDAR MONTH SO DESIGNATED BY THIS SECTION OR A CALENDAR
MONTH IN ANY ONE YEAR SO DESIGNATED BY A PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OR
RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY JOINTLY ADOPTED.
  2. A MONTH OF COMMEMORATION SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A HOLIDAY OR HALF-HO-
LIDAY BUT SHALL BE A MONTH SET ASIDE IN RECOGNITION AND SPECIAL HONOR OF
A PERSON, PERSONS, GROUP IDEAL OR GOAL.
  3. THE FOLLOWING MONTH SHALL BE A MONTH OF COMMEMORATION IN EACH YEAR:
MAY, TO BE KNOWN AS "ELDER APPRECIATION MONTH".
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02259-01-5

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