Bill Text: NY A07650 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes a commission to study the Revolutionary War in New York and conduct a study to analyze how to best foster promotion of such historical event.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A07650 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07650-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7650--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CARROLL, BARNWELL -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  again  reported  from said committee with amendments, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to establish a commission to study  certain  battles  and  events
          which  were  part  of the Revolutionary War in New York; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  A commission, to be known as the Revolutionary War in New
     2  York commission, is hereby created to study all of the different  events
     3  and battles that occurred in New York during the Revolutionary War peri-
     4  od, including, but not limited to the Battle of Brooklyn, the Battles of
     5  Saratoga,  the  capture and siege of Fort Ticonderoga, the occupation of
     6  New York by the British and the British Prison ships in New York Harbor.
     7  The study will include methods to promote and educate individuals on the
     8  historical importance of the Revolutionary War in New York.
     9    § 2. The commission shall be composed of thirteen  members,  appointed
    10  as  follows:  three  members  shall  be  appointed by the governor; four
    11  members shall be appointed by the speaker of the  assembly;  one  member
    12  shall  be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; four members
    13  shall be appointed by the temporary president of  the  senate;  and  one
    14  member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
    15    § 3. The commission shall examine and review the historical importance
    16  of  the  Revolutionary  War  in  New York and conduct a study that would
    17  analyze how to best foster promotion of this historical event.
    18    § 4. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions and  recom-
    19  mendations  to  the governor and the legislature no later than two years
    20  after the effective date of this act.
    21    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect
    22  until two years after it shall have become a law when upon such date the
    23  provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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