Relates to display of Missing In Attack On Our Nation flag commonly known as MIA-OON flag.

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S584-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Apr 25, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 19, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 18, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.512
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO FINANCE
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 1, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 25, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 24, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.848
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S584-2011 Meetings

Finance: Apr 18, 2012, Finance: May 24, 2011

S584-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Apr 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 25, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 4, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 5, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 11, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 20, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 24, 2011

S584-2011 Votes

S584-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S584

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the executive law, in relation to display of the
Missing In Attack On Our Nation
flag
on public buildings

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would encourage every county, city, town and village to
display the Missing In Attack On Our Nation (MIA-OON) flag at the
building housing its local legislative body and state police facility.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the executive law by adding a new section 403-C to
encourage every county, city, town, and village to display the
MIA-OON flag at the building housing its local legislative body and
state police facility for a period of thirty (30) days every year
commencing each September 11.

The MIA-OON flag shall display a black silhouette of a mother holding
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.

Section 2 marks the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The purpose of the MIA-OON flag is to see that those victims of terror
who died on September 11, 2001, are never forgotten. The flag has
presented to a number of other states, including Rhode Island and New
Jersey. It is more than appropriate that the State of New York adopt
a law to promote the use of this MIA-OON flag. New Yorkers were,
after all, the principal victims of the September 11th attack and
should be the first to remember them. A gesture like this can, of
course, do nothing to bring back those victims to their grieving
friends and families, but at the least it may help to ensure that
they remain in our memories.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010 - S.3186 Referred to Finance - A.4041 Referred to
Government Operations
2008:  S.7139A Passed Senate - A.10174A Referred to Government Operations

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S584-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     584

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, ADAMS, ADDABBO, ALESI, BRESLIN, DILAN, FLANA-
    GAN,   GOLDEN,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  JOHNSON,  KRUEGER,  LANZA,  LARKIN,
    MAZIARZ, OPPENHEIMER, PERALTA, PERKINS, SALAND, SAVINO --  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 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