Bill Text: NY A07142 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs that the flag be flown at half-staff to commemorate the death of members of the United States armed forces who were residents of New York and were killed in action.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A07142 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07142-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7142
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the flag
          to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the death of certain  members
          of the armed forces
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 21 of section 403  of  the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  666  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    21. The flag shall be flown at full staff at all times except it shall
     5  be flown at half-staff on the eleventh of September, known as  September
     6  11th Remembrance Day, the seventh day of December, known as Pearl Harbor
     7  Day,  and  to  commemorate the death of a personage of national or state
     8  standing or of a local serviceman, official or public  servant  who,  in
     9  the opinion of the local agency concerned, contributed to the community.
    10  It  may  also  be flown at half-staff during special periods of mourning
    11  designated by the President of the United States or the Governor of this
    12  state. The Governor and all local agencies of  this  state  shall  order
    13  flags  to  be flown at half-staff to commemorate the death of any member
    14  of the armed forces of the United States who was a resident of the state
    15  and was killed in the course of action.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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