Bill Text: NY S01573 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the NYS Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 105th anniversary commemoration commission to focus attention upon the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-27 - PRINT NUMBER 1573A [S01573 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01573-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1573--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  in  relation to creating the New York state Triangle Shirtwaist
          Fire 105th anniversary commemoration commission; and providing for the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and
     2  declares there is a need to create a New York state Triangle  Shirtwaist
     3  Fire  105th anniversary commemoration commission to focus attention upon
     4  the 105th anniversary of the March 25, 1911  Triangle  Shirtwaist  Fire,
     5  during a commemoration period taking place March 25, 2016, through Octo-
     6  ber  14,  2016, the anniversary of the date that the American Society of
     7  Safety Engineers was founded as a result of the fire.
     8    2. The primary focus of the New York state  Triangle  Shirtwaist  Fire
     9  105th  anniversary  commemoration commission will be to plan and execute
    10  an organized series of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire educational and  tourism
    11  events.  The  tourism events will highlight the following key sites: the
    12  site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory,  Mount  Richmond  Cemetery  and
    13  Cemetery of the Evergreens.
    14    3.  The legislature finds that the creation of a New York state Trian-
    15  gle Shirtwaist Fire 105th anniversary commemoration commission is neces-
    16  sary to bring together persons qualified  by  experience  or  by  powers
    17  vested  in  them  by  their  offices to coordinate and facilitate such a
    18  historically important event.
    19    § 2. New York state Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 105th anniversary commem-
    20  oration commission created. 1. There is hereby created a temporary state
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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