Bill Text: NJ S420 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Permits Governor to notify local governments to fly United States and State flags at half-staff upon death of member of Armed Forces of United States or National Guard who was State resident.*
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-09-27 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S420 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S420-Amended.html
SENATE, No. 420
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Senator DIANE B. ALLEN
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Whelan and Beck
SYNOPSIS
Permits Governor to notify local governments to fly United States and State flags at half-staff upon death of member of Armed Forces of United States or National Guard who was State resident.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 27, 2012, with amendments.
An Act concerning flying the United States and State flags at half-staff and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Governor 1[shall] may1, upon notification and verification of the death of an active service member of the Armed Forces of the United States of America or of the National Guard who was a resident of New Jersey, notify all county and municipal governing bodies of the death of the service member, and 1[shall] may1 direct that the United States flag and the State flag, located within or outside of the public building where the governing body regularly convenes, be flown at half-staff. 1[The] When notifying the county and municipal bodies, the1 Governor shall specify the day on which the flags shall be flown at half-staff upon an existing flagstaff or flagstaffs.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
