Bill Text: NY S06856 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that the official state hymn of remembrance in honor of all American veterans shall be "Here Rests in Honored Glory".

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-19 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8704A [S06856 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06856-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6856--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     August 23, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --  recommitted
          to  the  Committee  on  Investigations  and  Government  Operations in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to designating "Here Rests in
          Honored Glory" the official state hymn of remembrance in honor of  all
          American veterans
          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 91 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    § 91. State hymn of remembrance in honor  of  all  American  veterans.
     4  "Here  Rests  in  Honored  Glory,"  by Dr. Donald B. Miller shall be the
     5  official state hymn of remembrance in honor of  all  American  veterans,
     6  based on the inscription on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
     7    § 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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