Provides that the "Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag" shall be the official state flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide; directs the commissioner of general services to establish a protocol for the flying of such flag.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1290
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, SANDERS, SKOUFIS, WEIK
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to a state flag for raising
awareness of veteran suicide
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new section 93 to read
2 as follows:
3 § 93. State flag for raising awareness of veteran suicide. The
4 "Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag" shall be the official state
5 flag for the raising of awareness of veteran suicide. The commissioner
6 of general services shall establish a protocol for the flying of such
7 flag.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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