S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          584
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       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:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  403-c
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 403-C. DISPLAY OF MISSING IN ATTACK ON OUR NATION FLAG TO BE COMMON-
    4  LY KNOWN AS THE MIA-OON FLAG. 1. EVERY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN AND VILLAGE IS
    5  ENCOURAGED TO DISPLAY THE MIA-OON FLAG AT THE BUILDING HOUSING ITS LOCAL
    6  LEGISLATIVE  BODY  FOR  A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR SUCH LONGER PERIOD AS
    7  THAT BODY DEEMS APPROPRIATE EVERY YEAR COMMENCING EACH  SEPTEMBER  ELEV-
    8  ENTH.
    9    2. EVERY STATE POLICE FACILITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE HEAD-
   10  QUARTERS, SUBSTATIONS AND TRAINING ACADEMY, IS ENCOURAGED TO DISPLAY THE
   11  MIA-OON  FLAG  FOR  A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS OR SUCH LONGER PERIOD AS THE
   12  SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE POLICE DEEMS APPROPRIATE EVERY YEAR COMMENC-
   13  ING EACH SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH.
   14    3. THE MIA-OON FLAG SHALL DISPLAY A BLACK SILHOUETTE OF A MOTHER HOLD-
   15  ING HER CHILD'S HAND UPON A FIELD OF YELLOW. UNDERNEATH THE IMAGE  SHALL
   16  BE  THE  PHRASE  "YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED" IN BLACK LETTERING. THE
   17  IMAGE OF MOTHER AND CHILD SHALL SYMBOLIZE THE VULNERABILITY OF INNOCENTS
   18  TO TERRORIST ATTACK, WHILE THE YELLOW SHALL SYMBOLIZE THAT  THOSE  TAKEN
   19  BY TERRORIST ATTACKS WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
   20    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