Bill Text: NY S05540 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol to honor United States prisoners of war and those still missing in action.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-11-11 - SIGNED CHAP.407 [S05540 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05540-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5540
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 public buildings law, in relation to  directing  the
          commissioner of general services to provide space for and place in the
          capitol a POW/MIA chair and plaque to honor United States prisoners of
          war and those still missing in action
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section
     2  5-c to read as follows:
     3    § 5-c. POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol.  There  shall  be  set
     4  aside space in the capitol by the commissioner of general services for a
     5  POW/MIA  chair  and  plaque, and such commissioner shall provide for the
     6  placement and maintenance of such chair and plaque  in  the  capitol  to
     7  honor United States prisoners of war and those still missing in action.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02818-01-7