Relates to the display of certain flags upon the capitol building.

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S2657-2013 Actions

• Apr 24, 2013: referred to veterans' affairs
• Apr 24, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Apr 24, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Apr 22, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 17, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 16, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.351
• Jan 23, 2013: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

S2657-2013 Meetings

Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs: Apr 16, 2013

S2657-2013 Calendars

Active List: Apr 24, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 17, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 22, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 23, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 24, 2013

S2657-2013 Votes

S2657-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2657

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the military law and the public buildings law, in relation to
the display of certain flags upon the capitol building

PURPOSE:
This bill would provide for the display of the National Honor and
Remember Flag for fallen members of the armed forces.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill would add a new section 267 to the executive
law, to designate the honor and remember flag for fallen members of
the armed forces.

Specifically, this bill would:

(a) Provide for a legislative intent which would find and determine
that:

(1) Since the revolutionary war, more than one million members of the
United States armed forces have paid the ultimate price by
sacrificing their lives in the line of duty.

(2) The contributions of those fallen members of the armed forces are
deserving of national recognition.

(3) Currently, there is no officially recognized symbolic flag that
acknowledges members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty.

(b) Adopt the national honor and remember flag for fallen members of
the armed forces as the official honor and remember flag for the
state of New York, stating that the honor and remember flag is the
symbol of our nation's concern and commitment to honoring and
remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed
forces who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

(c) Provide for the procurement and distribution of honor and remember
flags, by requiring that not later than thirty days after the
effective date of this section, the commissioner of general services
shall
commence the procurement of honor and remember flags and distribute
them as necessary.

Section two of this bill would amend section 3 of the public buildings
law, to provide that the flag commonly designated as the national
honor and remember flag, shall be displayed upon the capitol building
during the daily sessions of the legislature and on public occasions.

Section three of this bill would provide that this act would take
effect on the 30th day after it shall have become a law.

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill would provide for the designation and display of the National


Honor and Remember Flag by the State of New York. The National Honor
and Remember Flag was established to provide for the honoring and
remembering of all the members of the American Armed Forces who have
given our nation and its people the ultimate sacrifice, by giving
their life in the defense of our nation and its freedom. Like the
Purple Heart, which is the military honor awarded to those who have
sustained combat injury or death, the Honor and Remember Flag
represents a public recognition that a grateful state and nation can
display to expressly show its gratitude to those service personnel
and their families. This bill would provide for the adoption of the
Honor and Remember Flag as the official Honor and Remember Flag for
the State of New York, and require its display over the State Capitol
Building in Albany. Similar legislation is being enacted in other
states, as well as by the federal government, as a tribute to our
fallen Armed Forces Service Members.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
4/6/11 Passed Senate
6/18/12 Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None noted (as this can be maintained within current budget
appropriations).

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect on the thirtieth day after becoming law.

S2657-2013 Text

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

                                    2657

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 23, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
    ty and Military Affairs

  AN ACT to amend the military  law  and  the  public  buildings  law,  in
    relation to the display of certain flags upon the capitol building

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 267  to
  read as follows:

    S  267.  DESIGNATION  OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG FOR FALLEN MEMBERS OF
  THE ARMED FORCES.   (A) LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  AND
  DETERMINES THAT:

    (1)  SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MORE THAN ONE MILLION MEMBERS OF THE
  UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE  BY  SACRIFICING
  THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY;
    (2)  THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE FALLEN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ARE
  DESERVING OF NATIONAL RECOGNITION; AND
    (3) CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED  SYMBOLIC  FLAG  THAT
  ACKNOWLEDGES MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
    (B)  ADOPTION. THE NATIONAL HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG FOR FALLEN MEMBERS
  OF THE ARMED FORCES SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL HONOR AND  REMEMBER  FLAG  FOR
  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK. THE HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAG IS THE SYMBOL OF OUR
  NATION'S CONCERN AND COMMITMENT TO HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE LIVES OF
  ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR  LIVES
  IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
    (C)  PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLAGS. NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL
  SERVICES  SHALL COMMENCE THE PROCUREMENT OF HONOR AND REMEMBER FLAGS AND
  DISTRIBUTE THEM AS NECESSARY.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD07159-01-3

 S. 2657                             2

    S 2. Subdivision 2 of section  3  of  the  public  buildings  law,  as
  amended  by  chapter  118  of  the  laws  of 1962, is amended to read as
  follows:

    2.  cause the flags of the United States [and], the state flag bearing
  the arms of the state AND THE FLAG COMMONLY DESIGNATED AS  THE  NATIONAL
  HONOR  AND  REMEMBER  FLAG,  to  be  displayed upon the capitol building
  during the daily sessions of the legislature and  on  public  occasions,
  and  cause  the  necessary  flagstaffs to be erected therefor. Cause the
  flag of the United States to be appropriately displayed at all times  in
  the  senate  chamber  and in the assembly chamber. Cause the flag of the
  United States to be appropriately displayed upon the walls of  any  hall
  or  other  meeting  place in a public building under his supervision and
  control during any meeting or gathering of persons to which  the  public
  is invited. The necessary expenses incurred thereby shall be paid out of
  the treasury on the warrant of the comptroller.
    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
  have become a law.