Bill Text: NY A03429 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3429

Introduced

Bill Title: Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as the official state flag for recognizing armed service members who have died as a result of serving the United States in any war or conflict the nation has been involved in since its inception.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A03429 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03429-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3429

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating the "Honor and
          Remember Flag" as  the  official  state  flag  for  recognizing  armed
          services members

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 93 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    § 93. State flag for recognizing armed services  members.  The  "Honor
     4  and  Remember Flag" shall be the official state flag for recognizing all
     5  armed services members who have died as a result of serving  the  United
     6  States in any war or conflict the nation have been involved in since its
     7  inception. The commissioner of general services shall establish a proto-
     8  col for the flying of such flag.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07289-01-3