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Assembly Bill A6210
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LATIMER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Andrew Raia
Kenneth Zebrowski
Matthew Titone
Michael G. Miller
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
George Amedore
William A. Barclay
Kenneth Blankenbush
2011-A6210 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A6210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6210 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 9, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LATIMER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to display of the Missing In Attack On Our Nation flag on public buildings THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 403-c to read as follows: S 403-C. DISPLAY OF MISSING IN ATTACK ON OUR NATION FLAG TO BE COMMON- LY KNOWN AS THE MIA-OON FLAG. 1. EVERY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE IS ENCOURAGED TO DISPLAY THE MIA-OON FLAG AT THE BUILDING HOUSING ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR SUCH LONGER PERIOD AS THAT BODY DEEMS APPROPRIATE EVERY YEAR COMMENCING EACH SEPTEMBER ELEV- ENTH. 2. EVERY STATE POLICE FACILITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE HEAD- QUARTERS, SUBSTATIONS AND TRAINING ACADEMY, IS ENCOURAGED TO DISPLAY THE MIA-OON FLAG FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR SUCH LONGER PERIOD AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE DEEMS APPROPRIATE EVERY YEAR COMMENC- ING EACH SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH. 3. THE MIA-OON FLAG SHALL DISPLAY A BLACK SILHOUETTE OF A MOTHER HOLD- ING HER CHILD'S HAND UPON A FIELD OF YELLOW. UNDERNEATH THE IMAGE SHALL BE THE PHRASE "YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED" IN BLACK LETTERING. THE IMAGE OF MOTHER AND CHILD SHALL SYMBOLIZE THE VULNERABILITY OF INNOCENTS TO TERRORIST ATTACK, WHILE THE YELLOW SHALL SYMBOLIZE THAT THOSE TAKEN BY TERRORIST ATTACKS WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR LOVED ONES. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04771-01-1
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