Senate Bill S1806

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain municipalities to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag

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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-S1806 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A867
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §403-a, Exec L

2015-S1806 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain municipalities to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag.

2015-S1806 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1806 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1806

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the executive law, relating to requiring certain munici-
  palities to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 403-a of the executive law, as
amended by chapter 366 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Every county outside the city of New York, city, town, and village
is encouraged to display the prisoner of war and missing in action  flag
at  the building housing its local legislative body on all days on which
the flag of the United States of  America  is  displayed.  Every  county
outside  the  city  of New York, and every city, town, and village shall
fly an official National League of Families POW/MIA flag, as  designated
by  [section  2  of  public  law 101-355 (]36 U.S.C.   [189)] 902 at the
building housing its local legislative body if a  congressionally  char-
tered  veterans  organization  including  any  post, chapter, detachment
unit, auxiliary unit  or  society  of  such  veterans  organization  has
provided  the  county,  city,  town, or village with such flag and, upon
such municipality's request,  any  necessary  attachments  or  fasteners
required  to enable the flag to be visible to the public, on the follow-
ing days:  Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday in  May;  Memorial  Day,
the  last Monday in May; Flag Day, THE SECOND SUNDAY IN June [14]; Inde-
pendence Day, July 4; National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the third Friday
in September except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due
to a religious holiday, such observances shall then be conducted on  the
second Friday in September and Veterans Day, November 11.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07274-01-5

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