Bill Text: NY S05148 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the "Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag" shall be the official state flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide; directs the commissioner of general services to establish a protocol for the flying of such flag.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-30 - referred to governmental operations [S05148 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05148-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5148

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 25, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to a state flag  for  raising
          awareness of veteran suicide

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 92 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    § 92. State  flag  for  raising  awareness  of  veteran  suicide.  The
     4  "Suicide  Awareness  and  Remembrance  Flag" shall be the official state
     5  flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide.  The  commissioner
     6  of  general  services  shall establish a protocol for the flying of such
     7  flag.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08397-01-1