Bill Text: NY S07483 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain municipalities to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag on certain days, when such flags have been provided to the municipalities by a local veterans' organization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8489A [S07483 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07483-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7483
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
         ty and Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
         municipalities  to  display  the prisoner of war and missing in action
         flag
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 403-a of the executive law, as
    2  amended by chapter 411 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  Every county outside the city of New York, city, town, and village
    5  is encouraged to display the prisoner of war and missing in action  flag
    6  at  the building housing its local legislative body on all days on which
    7  the flag of the United States of America is  displayed.    EVERY  COUNTY
    8  OUTSIDE  THE  CITY  OF NEW YORK, AND EVERY CITY, TOWN, AND VILLAGE SHALL
    9  FLY AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE OF FAMILIES POW/MIA FLAG, AS  DESIGNATED
   10  BY SECTION 2 OF PUBLIC LAW 101-355 (36 U.S.C. 189) AT THE BUILDING HOUS-
   11  ING  ITS  LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY IF A CONGRESSIONALLY CHARTERED VETERANS
   12  ORGANIZATION INCLUDING ANY POST,  CHAPTER,  DETACHMENT  UNIT,  AUXILIARY
   13  UNIT  OR  SOCIETY OF SUCH VETERANS ORGANIZATION HAS PROVIDED THE COUNTY,
   14  CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE WITH SUCH  FLAG  AND,  UPON  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY'S
   15  REQUEST,  ANY  NECESSARY ATTACHMENTS OR FASTENERS REQUIRED TO ENABLE THE
   16  FLAG TO BE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:   ARMED  FORCES
   17  DAY,  THE  THIRD  SATURDAY IN MAY; MEMORIAL DAY, THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY;
   18  FLAG DAY, JUNE 14; INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4; NATIONAL  POW/MIA  RECOGNI-
   19  TION  DAY,  THE THIRD FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER EXCEPT IF SUCH DATE OF COMMEM-
   20  ORATION CANNOT BE OBSERVED DUE TO A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY, SUCH  OBSERVANCES
   21  SHALL  THEN  BE CONDUCTED ON THE SECOND FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER AND VETERANS
   22  DAY, NOVEMBER 11.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13067-06-4