Bill Text: NY A08489 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires certain municipalities to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag on certain days, when such flags have been provided to the municipalities by a local veterans' organization.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-23 - approval memo.5 [A08489 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08489-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8489--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 17, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUCHWALD,  ABBATE,  JAFFEE,  DiPIETRO, RAIA,
         BARCLAY, ORTIZ, TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BORELLI,
         DUPREY,  GIGLIO  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
         mental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to requiring certain
         municipalities 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:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 403-a of  the  executive  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  411  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. Every county outside the city of New York, city, town, and  village
    5  is  encouraged to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag
    6  at the building housing its local legislative body on all days on  which
    7  the  flag  of  the  United States of America is displayed.  EVERY COUNTY
    8  OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND EVERY CITY, TOWN,  AND  VILLAGE  SHALL
    9  FLY  AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE OF FAMILIES POW/MIA FLAG, AS DESIGNATED
   10  BY SECTION 2 OF PUBLIC LAW 101-355 (36 U.S.C. 189) AT THE BUILDING HOUS-
   11  ING ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY IF A CONGRESSIONALLY  CHARTERED  VETERANS
   12  ORGANIZATION  INCLUDING  ANY  POST,  CHAPTER, DETACHMENT UNIT, AUXILIARY
   13  UNIT OR SOCIETY OF SUCH VETERANS ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED  THE  COUNTY,
   14  CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  WITH  SUCH FLAG AND, UPON SUCH MUNICIPALITY'S
   15  REQUEST, ANY NECESSARY ATTACHMENTS OR FASTENERS REQUIRED TO  ENABLE  THE
   16  FLAG  TO  BE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:  ARMED FORCES
   17  DAY, THE THIRD SATURDAY IN MAY; MEMORIAL DAY, THE LAST  MONDAY  IN  MAY;
   18  FLAG  DAY,  JUNE 14; INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4; NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNI-
   19  TION DAY, THE THIRD FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER EXCEPT IF SUCH DATE  OF  COMMEM-
   20  ORATION  CANNOT BE OBSERVED DUE TO A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY, SUCH OBSERVANCES
   21  SHALL THEN BE CONDUCTED ON THE SECOND FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER  AND  VETERANS
   22  DAY, NOVEMBER 11.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13067-05-4