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Assembly Bill A2945

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Designates the Langheinrich Fossil Quarry as the official home of the New York state fossil

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2017-A2945 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §83, State L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5157
2011-2012: A3839
2013-2014: A5448
2015-2016: A4801
2019-2020: A4854
2021-2022: A2228

2017-A2945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the Langheinrich Fossil Quarry as the official home of the New York state fossil.

2017-A2945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2945
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUTLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating the  Langhein-
   rich Fossil Quarry as the home of the New York state fossil
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 83 of the state law, as added by chapter 279 of the
 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   § 83. State fossil. The  Eurypterus  remipes  shall  be  the  official
 fossil  of  the  state  of  New York, AND THE LANGHEINRICH FOSSIL QUARRY
 SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE NEW YORK STATE FOSSIL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01366-01-7

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