Bill Text: NY S04896 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed at every state and local public building at which the flag of the United States of America is displayed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S04896 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S04896-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4896
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 29, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the display
of the prisoner of war/missing in action flag at every public building
at which the flag of the United States of America is displayed
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 403-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter
2 411 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 403-a. Display of prisoner of war and missing in action flag. [1.
4 Every county outside the city of New York, city, town, and village is
5 encouraged to display the] THE prisoner of [war and missing] WAR/MISSING
6 in action flag [at the building housing its local legislative body on
7 all days on] SHALL BE DISPLAYED AT EVERY PUBLIC BUILDING FACILITY AT
8 which the flag [of the United States of America] is displayed.
9 [2. Every state police facility, including but not limited to the
10 headquarters, substations, and training academy, is encouraged to
11 display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag on all days on
12 which the flag of the United States of America is displayed.]
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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