Bill Text: NY A10394 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates the quartz variety Herkimer Diamond as the official state mineral.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A10394 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10394-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10394
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 25, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BUTLER -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation  to  designating  the  quartz
         variety Herkimer Diamond as the official state mineral
         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 89 to read
    2  as follows:
    3    S 89. STATE MINERAL. THE QUARTZ VARIETY HERKIMER DIAMOND SHALL BE  THE
    4  OFFICIAL MINERAL OF THE STATE.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05749-01-1