STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1573--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2015 ___________ 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. LBD06692-02-6