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Senate Bill S4523

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes a commission to study the Revolutionary War in New York

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2019-S4523 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3526
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7650
2021-2022: A1619

2019-S4523 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a commission to study the Revolutionary War in New York and conduct a study to analyze how to best foster promotion of such historical event.

2019-S4523 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4523 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4523
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to  establish  a commission to study certain battles and events
   which were part of the Revolutionary War in New  York;  and  providing
   for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A commission, to be known as the Revolutionary War  in  New
 York  commission, is hereby created to study all of the different events
 and battles that occurred in New York during the Revolutionary War peri-
 od, including, but not limited to the Battle of Brooklyn, the Battles of
 Saratoga, the capture and siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the  occupation  of
 New York by the British and the British Prison ships in New York Harbor.
 The study will include methods to promote and educate individuals on the
 historical importance of the Revolutionary War in New York.
   §  2.  The commission shall be composed of thirteen members, appointed
 as follows: three members shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor;  four
 members  shall  be  appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member
 shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; four  members
 shall  be  appointed  by  the temporary president of the senate; and one
 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
   § 3. The commission shall examine and review the historical importance
 of the Revolutionary War in New York and  conduct  a  study  that  would
 analyze how to best foster promotion of this historical event.
   §  4. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions and recom-
 mendations to the governor and the legislature no later than  two  years
 after the effective date of this act.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect
 until two years after it shall have become a law when upon such date the
 provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02010-01-9

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