Bill Text: NY A05661 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-16 - print number 5661a [A05661 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5661
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CURRAN, BUTLER, FINCH, HAWLEY, RAIA, DiPIETRO,
          PALUMBO, PALMESANO, GIGLIO, GRAF, WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A.  LAWRENCE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Govern-
          mental Operations
        AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the executive law, in relation
          to enacting the "American made flag act of 2017"
          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 2017".
     3    §  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    §  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    § 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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