Assembly Bill A10650

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the construction of any mausoleum or columbarium in a cemetery where such mausoleum or columbarium is the only form of interment offered in a cemetery

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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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2015-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8029
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1506, N-PC L; add §167, Gen Muni L; add §292-b, Town L; add §15-1512, Vil L; amd §7, Rel Corp L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5784, S2606

2015-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the construction of any mausoleum or columbarium in a cemetery where such mausoleum or columbarium is the only form of interment offered in a cemetery.

2015-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10650

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Duprey) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN  ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, the general munici-
  pal law, the town law, the village law and the religious  corporations
  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  certain stand-alone mausoleum and
  columbarium

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

  Section  1.  Section  1506  of  the  not-for-profit corporation law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (m) to read as follows:
  (M) PROHIBITION OF STAND-ALONE MAUSOLEUM AND COLUMBARIUM. NO  APPLICA-
TION  FOR  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  A  MAUSOLEUM  OR  COLUMBARIUM SHALL BE
APPROVED BY THE CEMETERY BOARD TO  BE  LOCATED  IN  ANY  CITY,  TOWN  OR
VILLAGE  WHERE  SUCH  MAUSOLEUM OR COLUMBARIUM SHALL BE THE ONLY FORM OF
INTERMENT OFFERED BY A CEMETERY CORPORATION.
  S 2. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section  167
to read as follows:
  S 167. PROHIBITION OF STAND-ALONE MAUSOLEUM AND COLUMBARIUM. NO MUNIC-
IPAL CORPORATION SHALL APPROVE OR AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MAUSO-
LEUM  OR  COLUMBARIUM  ON  PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE SUCH
MAUSOLEUM OR COLUMBARIUM SHALL BE THE ONLY FORM OF INTERMENT OFFERED FOR
CEMETERY PURPOSES.
  S 3. The town law is amended by adding a new section 292-b to read  as
follows:
  S  292-B.  PROHIBITION  OF  STAND-ALONE MAUSOLEUM AND COLUMBARIUM.  NO
TOWN SHALL APPROVE OR AUTHORIZE  THE  CONSTRUCTION  OF  A  MAUSOLEUM  OR
COLUMBARIUM ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN WHERE SUCH MAUSOLEUM OR COLUM-
BARIUM  SHALL  BE  THE  ONLY  FORM  OF  INTERMENT  OFFERED  FOR CEMETERY
PURPOSES.
  S 4. The village law is amended by adding a  new  section  15-1512  to
read as follows:
  S  15-1512  PROHIBITION  OF  STAND-ALONE MAUSOLEUM AND COLUMBARIUM. NO
VILLAGE SHALL APPROVE OR AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF  A  MAUSOLEUM  OR

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

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