New York S 44: Relates to redesigning the state flag

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S00044 Summary:

BILL NOS00044 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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Amd §70, State L

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Authorizes and directs the commissioner of the office of general services to commission the flag design committee of the North American Vexillological Association to design a new state flag.

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BILL NOS00044 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 44

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation to redesigning the state flag

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 70 of the state law, as amended by section 1 of
 2 part U of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 70. Description of the arms of the state [and the state flag]. The
 4 device of arms of this state is hereby declared to be correctly
 5 described as follows:
 6 Charge. Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or,
 7 behind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest; in base a
 8 ship and sloop under sail, passing and about to meet on a river,
 9 bordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper.
 10 Crest. On a wreath azure and or, an American eagle proper, rising to
 11 the dexter from a two-thirds of a globe terrestrial, showing the north
 12 Atlantic ocean with outlines of its shores.
 13 Supporters. On a quasi compartment formed by the extension of the
 14 scroll.
 15 Dexter. The figure of Liberty proper, her hair disheveled and deco-
 16 rated with pearls, vested azure, sandaled gules, about the waist a cinc-
 17 ture or, fringed gules, a mantle of the last depending from the shoul-
 18 ders behind to the feet, in the dexter hand a staff ensigned with a
 19 Phrygian cap or, the sinister arm embowed, the hand supporting the
 20 shield at the dexter chief point, a royal crown by her sinister foot
 21 dejected.
 22 Sinister. The figure of Justice proper, her hair disheveled and deco-
 23 rated with pearls, vested or, about the waist a cincture azure, fringed
 24 gules, sandaled and mantled as Liberty, bound about the eyes with a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00119-01-5

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 1 fillet proper, in the dexter hand a straight sword hilted or, erect,
 2 resting on the sinister chief point of the shield, the sinister arm
 3 embowed, holding before her her scales proper.
 4 Motto. On a scroll below the shield argent, in sable, [two lines. On
 5 line one,] Excelsior [and on line two, E pluribus unum].
 6 State flag. The state flag is hereby declared to be blue, charged with
 7 the arms of the state in the colors as described in the blazon of this
 8 section.
 9 § 2. The commissioner of the office of general services is authorized
 10 and directed to commission the flag design committee of the North Ameri-
 11 can Vexillological Association to design a new state flag.
 12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 13 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.

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