Bill Text: NY S02161 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the flag to be flown at half-staff to commemorate the death of certain first responders who passed away in performance of emergency response activities in this state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S02161 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02161-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2161
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO, AVELLA, LARKIN, RITCHIE -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Finance
        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  first
          responders
          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 police
    14  officer, firefighter, emergency medical  technician,  ambulance  driver,
    15  paramedic,  physician  or  registered nurse involved in a first response
    16  team, or any other individual who in  the  course  of  official  duties,
    17  whether they were paid or volunteer, performed emergency response activ-
    18  ities in this state who passed away in performance of these duties.
    19    § 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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