Assembly Bill A867

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-A867 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1806
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8610, Ed L

2015-A867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends provisions relating to a limited license for clinical laboratory technology.

2015-A867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   867

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

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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