Bill Text: NJ S2965 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires Secretary of State create e-mail notification system alerting when US and State flags flown at half-staff.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-22 - Substituted by A2327 [S2965 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2965-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2965

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 8, 2015

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator  MICHAEL J. DOHERTY

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Secretary of State create e-mail notification system alerting when US and State flags flown at half-staff.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act requiring the Secretary of State to create an electronic mail notification system alerting certain persons when the United States flag and the State flag are flown at half-staff and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 52 of the Revised Statues.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Secretary of State shall create and maintain an electronic notification system in which a person may sign-up to receive automatic notification of when the Governor orders the United States flag and the State flag flown at half-staff.  The notification shall include the date and purpose for the flags being flown at half-staff.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect 30 days after enactment but the Secretary of State may take such anticipatory action as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the Secretary of State to create and maintain an e-mail notification system for persons who sign-up to be notified when the Governor orders the United States flag and the New Jersey State flag flown at half-staff.  The notification will include the date and purpose for the flags being flown at half-staff.