Assembly Bill A8496

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the display of certain flags upon the capitol building

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Add §267, Mil L; amd §3, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7318
2013-2014: A5896
2017-2018: A4435

2015-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the display of certain flags upon the capitol building.

2015-A8496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8496

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the military  law  and  the  public  buildings  law,  in
  relation to the display of certain flags upon the capitol building

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

  Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 267  to
read as follows:
  S  267.  DESIGNATION  OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG FOR FALLEN MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES.   (A) LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  AND
DETERMINES THAT:
  (1)  SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MORE THAN ONE MILLION MEMBERS OF THE
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE  BY  SACRIFICING
THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY;
  (2)  THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE FALLEN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ARE
DESERVING OF NATIONAL RECOGNITION; AND
  (3) CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED  SYMBOLIC  FLAG  THAT
ACKNOWLEDGES MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
  (B)  ADOPTION. THE NATIONAL HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG FOR FALLEN MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL HONOR AND  REMEMBER  FLAG  FOR
THE  STATE OF NEW YORK. THE HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG IS THE SYMBOL OF OUR
NATION'S CONCERN AND COMMITMENT TO HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE LIVES OF
ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR  LIVES
IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
  (C)  PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLAGS. NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL
SERVICES  SHALL COMMENCE THE PROCUREMENT OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAGS AND
DISTRIBUTE THEM AS NECESSARY.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section  3  of  the  public  buildings  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  118  of  the  laws  of 1962, is amended to read as
follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04338-01-5
              

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