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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- MONUMENTS AND

MEMORIALS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Sheehan, Jabour, Coyne, and Cote

     Date Introduced: February 01, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 30-28 of the General Laws entitled "Monuments and Memorials" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     30-28-13. Commemorative flag.

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     (a) The general assembly shall designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state of

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Rhode Island's emblem of service and sacrifice by the brave men and women of the United States

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armed forces who have given their lives in the line of duty.

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     (b) The Honor and Remember flag shall be flown at the Rhode Island State House and

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Veterans Cemetery in Exeter beneath the state flag on Memorial Day, on Gold Star Parents' Day,

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and during any period of mourning for a Rhode Island member of the armed forces of the United

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States killed in action or who dies as a result of wounds suffered in action while deployed in a

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declared or undeclared war when flags are flown at half-staff as directed by the governor.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- MONUMENTS AND

MEMORIALS

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     This act would designate the Honor and Remember flag as Rhode Island's emblem for

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service and sacrifice of members in the United States armed forces who have made the ultimate

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sacrifice in the line of duty. It would require that the flag be flown at the State House and

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Veterans Cemetery in Exeter beneath the state flag on Memorial Day, Gold Star Parents Day and

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during any period of mourning for a state resident who has made the ultimate sacrifice when flags

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are flown at half-staff by order of the governor.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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