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Senate Bill S2981

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "American made flag act" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States

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2019-S2981 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10192
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §165, St Fin L; amd §403, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6580, A9091
2015-2016: S288, A4856
2017-2018: S4007, A5661
2021-2022: S6367, A5160
2023-2024: S3203, A2945
2025-2026: S3429, A3871

2019-S2981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "American made flag act" to require that American flags purchased for use by the state government be made in the United States.

2019-S2981 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2981
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. FUNKE, AKSHAR, GALLIVAN, HELMING, RITCHIE, ROBACH,
   SEWARD -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
   to enacting the "American made flag act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "American
 made flag act".
   §  2.  Section 165 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. FLAGS. ONLY FLAGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, THAT ARE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
 MANUFACTURED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  FROM  ARTICLES,  MATERIALS,   OR
 SUPPLIES,  ONE  HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHICH ARE GROWN, PRODUCED OR MANUFAC-
 TURED IN THE UNITED STATES, MAY  BE  PURCHASED  FOR  USE  BY  THE  STATE
 GOVERNMENT.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "FLAG" SHALL
 HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  3.  Section  403  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. ALL FLAGS PURCHASED AND DISPLAYED AT ANY PUBLIC BUILDING SHALL  BE
 MADE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM AMERICAN MATERIALS, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDI-
 VISION NINE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07169-01-9

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