Bill Text: NY S00288 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 288 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-23 - referred to governmental operations [S00288 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          288
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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 of 2015"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "American
    2  made flag act of 2015".
    3    S 2. Section 165 of the state finance law is amended by adding  a  new
    4  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    5    9. FLAGS. ONLY FLAGS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, THAT ARE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
    6  MANUFACTURED   IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  FROM  ARTICLES,  MATERIALS,  OR
    7  SUPPLIES, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHICH ARE GROWN, PRODUCED  OR  MANUFAC-
    8  TURED  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  MAY  BE  PURCHASED FOR USE BY THE STATE
    9  GOVERNMENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "FLAG"  SHALL
   10  HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR
   11  HUNDRED ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   12    S 3. Section 403 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   13  subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   14    22.  ALL FLAGS PURCHASED AND DISPLAYED AT ANY PUBLIC BUILDING SHALL BE
   15  MADE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM AMERICAN MATERIALS, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDI-
   16  VISION NINE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   17    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   18  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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