Senate Bill S8962

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Revises the New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9358
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans' Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §29-a, Veterans' Services L

2023-S8962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Revises the New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry such that it is easier to navigate and has deadlines for the submission of memorials and monuments and the updating of the registry.

2023-S8962 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8962
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 veterans' services law, in relation to revising  the
   New York state veteran's memorial and monument registry
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 29-a of the veterans' services  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 14 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   §  29-a.  [Veterans]  NEW  YORK  STATE VETERAN'S memorial AND MONUMENT
 registry. 1. The NEW YORK STATE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL AND MONUMENT REGISTRY
 IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED AND SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED  AND  MAINTAINED  BY  THE
 department  [is  directed  to  develop  a  veterans memorial registry in
 consultation] IN COLLABORATION with the director of the New  York  state
 military  museum  and  veterans resource center, the commissioner of the
 office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the  commissioner
 of  the  office  of  general  services  [and],  the state historian, AND
 RESPECTIVE AGENCIES AND VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS  WITHIN  NEW  YORK  TOWNS,
 VILLAGES,  COUNTIES  AND CITIES. The registry shall be made available on
 the department's website.
   2. The registry shall consist of a searchable AND FILTERABLE  database
 of those [veterans] VETERAN'S memorials located within the state submit-
 ted  pursuant  to  subdivision three of this section. The registry shall
 include, but not be limited to, [information regarding] A  COMPREHENSIVE
 LIST  OF  ALL  DEDICATED  VETERAN MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS, the location,
 HISTORY, SIGNIFICANCE, AND IMAGES of [a  memorial  and]  SUCH  DEDICATED
 VETERAN  MONUMENTS  AND  MEMORIALS,  who  or what veteran or battle such
 memorial is honoring[. Additional information  may  include  historical]
 AND information such as who authorized the erection of such memorial and
 the  year  of  the  dedication.  Such  registry  shall be searchable AND
 FILTERABLE by location, veteran [or], CONFLICT ERA, battle OR ANY  OTHER
 CRITERIA THE STATE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT.
   3.  The state commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department, a
 public request for information for any county, city,  town,  or  village
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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