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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8489--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUCHWALD,  ABBATE,  JAFFEE,  DiPIETRO, RAIA,
          BARCLAY, ORTIZ, TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BORELLI,
          DUPREY,  GIGLIO  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
          mental Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive law, in relation to requiring certain
          municipalities to display the prisoner of war and  missing  in  action
          flag
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 403-a of  the  executive  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  411  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. Every county outside the city of New York, city, town, and  village
     5  is  encouraged to display the prisoner of war and missing in action flag
     6  at the building housing its local legislative body on all days on  which
     7  the  flag  of  the  United States of America is displayed.  Every county
     8  outside the city of New York, and every city, town,  and  village  shall

     9  fly  an official National League of Families POW/MIA flag, as designated
    10  by section 2 of public law 101-355 (36 U.S.C. 189) at the building hous-
    11  ing its local legislative body if a congressionally  chartered  veterans
    12  organization  including  any  post,  chapter, detachment unit, auxiliary
    13  unit or society of such veterans organization has provided  the  county,
    14  city,  town,  or  village  with  such flag and, upon such municipality's
    15  request, any necessary attachments or fasteners required to  enable  the
    16  flag  to  be visible to the public, on the following days:  Armed Forces
    17  Day, the third Saturday in May; Memorial Day, the last  Monday  in  May;
    18  Flag  Day,  June 14; Independence Day, July 4; National POW/MIA Recogni-

    19  tion Day, the third Friday in September except if such date  of  commem-
    20  oration  cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances
    21  shall then be conducted on the second Friday in September  and  Veterans
    22  Day, November 11.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13067-05-4