Assembly Bill A6401

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of monuments

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  • 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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2011-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3380
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Religious Corporations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7, Rel Corp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5410
2013-2014: A3369, S4178
2015-2016: A3122, S4701
2017-2018: A2293
2019-2020: A7350
2021-2022: A6836

2011-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of monuments.

2011-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6401

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE,  HOYT,  COLTON, CYMBROWITZ, HEVESI,
  ABBATE, TOWNS, CUSICK, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
  BARCLAY,  CROUCH,  GALEF,  HEASTIE,  KELLNER,  LUPARDO, NOLAN, REILLY,
  ROSENTHAL, SWEENEY -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT to amend the religious corporations law, in relation to the sale
  of monuments

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The fourth and fifth undesignated paragraphs of section 7
of the religious corporations law, as added by chapter 560 of  the  laws
of 1998, are amended to read as follows:
  No  religious  corporation  owning, managing or controlling a cemetery
shall, directly or indirectly:
  (a) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any  of  its  real
property dedicated to cemetery purposes or adjacent thereto to a funeral
entity, or use any of its property for locating a funeral entity;
  (b) commingle its funds with a funeral entity;
  (c) direct or carry on its cemetery related business or affairs with a
funeral entity;
  (d) authorize control of its cemetery related business or affairs by a
funeral entity;
  (e)  engage in any sale or cross-marketing of goods or services with a
funeral entity;
  (f) have, enter into or perform a management or service  contract  for
cemetery operations with a funeral entity; [or]
  (g)  have, enter into or perform a management contract with any entity
other than a not-for-profit cemetery or religious corporation[.];
  (H) ENGAGE IN THE SALE OF MONUMENTS, NOT INCLUDING FLUSH BRONZE  MARK-
ERS, NOR SHALL SUCH MONUMENTS BE DISPLAYED FOR SALE ON THE PROPERTY OF A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04839-10-1

              

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