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

                                  2281

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, JAFFEE, FINCH, MONTESANO,
  THIELE, RAIA, LAVINE, ROSENTHAL,  AUBRY,  COOK,  SCARBOROUGH,  KEARNS,
  ROBERTS  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, BROOK-KRASNY,
  GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, ROZIC -- read once and referred to  the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  amend  the not-for-profit corporation law and the education
  law, in relation to the discovery and disposition of human remains and
  funerary objects; and to amend  the  parks,  recreation  and  historic
  preservation  law, in relation to requiring certain notice and consul-
  tation prior to the undertaking of certain projects

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "unmarked burial site protection act".
  S 2. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature  finds  and
declares  that  the  sanctity  of human burial sites is an intrinsic and
paramount value among all cultural and religious traditions which  prac-
tice  the custom of burying the dead. The legislature further finds that
there are numerous unmarked burial sites throughout the state,  many  of
which are of great cultural and historical significance to the people of
the  state, particularly to members of the cultural and religious groups
affiliated  with  them.  Such  sites  are  vulnerable  to  unintentional
disturbance  in  the course of construction and other activities as well
as deliberate vandalism and  looting.  Such  disturbance  constitutes  a
severe  offense  against the descendants of the dead and the beliefs and
traditions of the culturally-affiliated groups.
  The legislature finds and declares that existing laws  are  inadequate
to  protect  these  unmarked burial sites from disturbance, and that New
York is one of the very few states  which  heretofore  has  provided  no
express  statutory protection for unmarked burial sites. It is therefore
declared to be the purpose of this act to ensure that human remains  and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06787-01-5
              

A. 2281                             2

associated  funerary  artifacts remain undisturbed to the maximum extent
practicable, and are treated with the utmost respect consistent with the
wishes of lineal descendants and culturally-affiliated groups.
  S  3. Section 1503 of the not-for-profit corporation law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
  (C) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF  SECTION  FIFTEEN
HUNDRED  SEVEN  AND PARAGRAPH (M) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
ARTICLE, THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT APPLY TO A  BURIAL  SITE  AS  DEFINED  IN
PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S  4.  The  not-for-profit  corporation law is amended by adding a new
section 1518 to read as follows:
S 1518. DISCOVERY AND DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS AND FUNERARY OBJECTS.
  (A) DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (1) "BURIAL SITE" MEANS ANY LOCATION IN WHICH HUMAN REMAINS ARE INTER-
RED, WHICH IS NOT A CEMETERY SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER,  THE
RELIGIOUS  CORPORATION  LAW,  THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, THE COUNTY LAW,
THE TOWN LAW OR THE VILLAGE LAW.
  (2) "COMMITTEE" MEANS THE NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL SITE REVIEW COMMITTEE
CREATED BY PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SECTION.
  (3) "CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED GROUP" MEANS ANY GROUP, INCLUDING A  NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBE, WHOSE PAST OR PRESENT GOVERNMENT, OR TRADITIONAL CULTURE
OR  RELIGION WAS OR IS AFFILIATED WITH HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS
WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS SECTION. SUCH GROUP SHALL INCLUDE A NATIVE
AMERICAN TRIBE WHOSE ABORIGINAL TERRITORY, AS DEFINED BY THE  COMMITTEE,
INCLUDES  THE LOCATION OF A BURIAL SITE CONTAINING NATIVE AMERICAN HUMAN
REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS.
  (4) "FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST OR BIOARCHAEOLOGIST" MEANS A PERSON QUAL-
IFIED IN THE MEDICOLEGAL OR  OSTEOLOGICAL  INVESTIGATION/EXAMINATION  OF
HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS.
  (5)  "FUNERARY OBJECTS" MEANS ANY ITEM OR ITEMS REASONABLY BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN PLACED WITH HUMAN REMAINS AT THE TIME OF BURIAL, INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO BURIAL MARKERS, ITEMS  OF  PERSONAL  ADORNMENT,  VESSELS,
BEADS, TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CEREMONIAL OBJECTS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS.
  (6)  "HUMAN  REMAINS"  MEANS  THE REMAINS OF ANY PART OF THE BODY OF A
DECEASED PERSON.
  (7) "LINEAL DESCENDANT" MEANS A GENEALOGICAL DESCENDANT ESTABLISHED BY
ORAL TRADITION OR WRITTEN RECORD.
  (8) "NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE" MEANS ANY NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE, NATION OR
GROUP.
  (9) "STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST" MEANS THE PERSON APPOINTED  TO  SUCH  OFFICE
PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  (B)  APPLICABILITY.  THIS  SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL LANDS WITHIN THE
STATE, EXCEPT FOR LANDS LOCATED UPON  ANY  NATIVE  AMERICAN  RESERVATION
LOCATED WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITHIN THE STATE.
  (C)  NATIVE  AMERICAN  BURIAL  SITE  REVIEW COMMITTEE. THERE IS HEREBY
ESTABLISHED A NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL SITE REVIEW COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF
THE FOLLOWING: ONE MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED BY EACH OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES IN THE STATE AS THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE PURPOSES  OF
THE  NATIVE  AMERICAN  GRAVES PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT; THE STATE
ARCHAEOLOGIST; A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST OR BIOARCHAEOLOGIST; THE  CHAIR
OF  THE  HUMAN  REMAINS  COMMITTEE  OR  OTHER  DESIGNEE  OF THE NEW YORK
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COUNCIL; AND ONE MEMBER WITH EXPERTISE IN  THE  FIELD  OF
HISTORIC  PRESERVATION  APPOINTED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF
PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THE COMMITTEE SHALL ELECT A
CHAIRPERSON FROM AMONG ITS MEMBERS.  THE  MEMBERS  WHO  ARE  NOT  PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES  SHALL  BE  REIMBURSED  BY  THE STATE FOR THEIR REASONABLE AND

A. 2281                             3

NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF  COMMITTEE  FUNCTIONS.
IT  SHALL  BE  THE  FUNCTION  OF  THE  COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE LINEAL
DESCENDANTS AND/OR  CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUPS  FOR  NATIVE  AMERICAN
HUMAN  REMAINS  AND  FUNERARY  OBJECTS  SUBJECT  TO THIS SECTION, AND TO
PROVIDE NOTICE TO SUCH DESCENDANTS AND/OR GROUPS  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS
SECTION.  THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST SHALL PREPARE, AND THE COMMITTEE SHALL
ADOPT,  STANDARD  PROCEDURES  FOR DETERMINING THE LINEAL DESCENDANTS AND
CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED GROUPS FOR  HUMAN  REMAINS  AS  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
SECTION,  INCLUDING ACCEPTABLE TYPES OF PROOF OF SUCH DESCENT AND AFFIL-
IATION.
  (D) DISCOVERY OF BURIAL SITE; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (1)  ANY  PERSON
WHO  IN  THE COURSE OF ANY GROUND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY DISCOVERS A BURIAL
SITE, HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY  OBJECTS  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  CEASE  ANY
FURTHER  DISTURBANCE  OF  SUCH SITE, REMAINS OR OBJECTS, AND SHALL IMME-
DIATELY REPORT SUCH DISCOVERY TO THE CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER IN  THE
COUNTY  IN  WHICH  THE  REMAINS  WERE DISCOVERED. THE CORONER OR MEDICAL
EXAMINER SHALL WITHIN NINETY-SIX HOURS DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ACTIONS ARE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE SEVENTEEN-A OF THE COUNTY
LAW. IF ANY SUCH REMAINS APPEAR TO THE CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER TO BE
MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS OLD, THE CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER  SHALL  IMME-
DIATELY  PROVIDE  NOTICE  OF  THE DISCOVERY OF SUCH REMAINS TO THE STATE
ARCHAEOLOGIST, WHO SHALL IN TURN CONVEY EACH SUCH NOTICE  TO  THE  OTHER
MEMBERS  OF  THE COMMITTEE.  ANY INSPECTION OR EXAMINATION SHALL BE MADE
IN SITU EXCEPT AS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH SUCH ARTICLE  SEVENTEEN-A  OR
TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF THE REMAINS.
  (2) THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST, OR SUCH QUALIFIED PERSON AS MAY BE DESIG-
NATED  BY  THE  STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST, SHALL, UPON RECEIVING NOTICE FROM A
CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER OF THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN  REMAINS,  INSPECT
THE  SITE,  REMAINS AND/OR OBJECTS WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF SUCH NOTICE,
PREPARE A REPORT THEREON AND PROVIDE A COPY OF THE REPORT TO THE COMMIT-
TEE. THE REPORT SHALL BE BASED UPON PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE  DISCOV-
ERED  BURIAL  SITE,  REMAINS AND/OR OBJECTS, AND SHALL CONTAIN THE STATE
ARCHAEOLOGIST'S CONCLUSION AS  TO  WHETHER  SUCH  SITE,  REMAINS  AND/OR
OBJECTS  MAY  BE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ORIGIN. IN PREPARING THE REPORT, THE
STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST MAY SEEK AND OBTAIN ASSISTANCE FROM ANY EMPLOYEE  OF
THE  REGENTS,  FROM  THE COMMITTEE, AND FROM THE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECRE-
ATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
  (E) DETERMINATION OF AND NOTIFICATION TO LINEAL DESCENDANT OR  CULTUR-
ALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUP.  (1)  IF  THE  STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST, THE FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGIST OR BIOARCHAEOLOGIST, AND THE  COMMITTEE  AGREE  THAT  THE
BURIAL  SITE DOES NOT WHOLLY OR PARTLY CONTAIN HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY
OBJECTS THAT ARE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ORIGIN, IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBIL-
ITY OF THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST TO DETERMINE,  AS  SOON  AS  PRACTICABLE,
WHETHER  THERE  IS  ANY  REASONABLY  ASCERTAINABLE  LINEAL DESCENDANT OR
CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED GROUP  WITH  RESPECT  TO  SUCH  SITE,  REMAINS  OR
OBJECTS  AND,  IMMEDIATELY  UPON  MAKING  SUCH DETERMINATION, TO PROVIDE
NOTICE TO SUCH DESCENDANTS OR GROUP OF THE REPORTED DISCOVERY.
  (2) IF THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST, THE FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST OR  BIOAR-
CHAEOLOGIST,  AND  THE  COMMITTEE  AGREE  THAT THE BURIAL SITE WHOLLY OR
PARTLY CONTAINS HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS THAT MAY BE OF  NATIVE
AMERICAN  ORIGIN,  IT  SHALL  BE  THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMITTEE TO
DETERMINE THE LINEAL DESCENDANTS OR CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUPS.  SUCH
DETERMINATION  SHALL  BE MADE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE COMMITTEE
RECEIVES A REPORT FROM THE STATE  ARCHAEOLOGIST  CONCERNING  THE  BURIAL
SITE.  IMMEDIATELY  UPON  MAKING SUCH DETERMINATION, THE COMMITTEE SHALL

A. 2281                             4

PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION  TO  SUCH  DESCENDANTS  OR  GROUPS  OF  THE
REPORTED DISCOVERY.
  (3)  THE  COMMITTEE  SHALL  HAVE  STEWARDSHIP OF NATIVE AMERICAN HUMAN
REMAINS AND FUNERARY OBJECTS FROM THE TIME IT RECEIVES NOTIFICATION FROM
THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SECTION  UNTIL
THE  LINEAL  DESCENDANTS  AND/OR  CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUPS  RECEIVE
NOTIFICATION FROM THE COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  AT  WHICH
TIME  SUCH  LINEAL DESCENDANTS AND/OR CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED GROUPS SHALL
HAVE THE RIGHT  OF  POSSESSION  AND  STEWARDSHIP  OF  SUCH  REMAINS  AND
OBJECTS.  UPON NOTIFICATION TO SUCH LINEAL DESCENDANTS OR CULTURALLY-AF-
FILIATED  GROUPS  PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH, OWNERSHIP OF AND RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR THE HUMAN REMAINS AND FUNERARY OBJECTS SHALL VEST EXCLUSIVELY
IN SUCH DESCENDANTS OR GROUPS, WHICH SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE  AUTHORITY  TO
DETERMINE THEIR DISPOSITION.
  (4)  THE  COMMITTEE SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR MAKING THE DETERMI-
NATION AS TO WHETHER DISCOVERED HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS MAY BE
OF NATIVE AMERICAN ORIGIN WHEN THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST AND THE COMMITTEE
CAN NOT COME TO AGREEMENT.
  (5) WHERE A BURIAL SITE CONTAINS BOTH NATIVE AMERICAN  AND  NON-NATIVE
AMERICAN  HUMAN  REMAINS  OR  FUNERARY  OBJECTS,  THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN BURIALS AT THE SITE, AND  THE  STATE
ARCHAEOLOGIST SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OTHER BURIALS AT THE SITE.
  (F)  DISPOSITION  OF  REMAINS  AND  OBJECTS. (1) WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER
NOTIFICATION BY THE  STATE  ARCHAEOLOGIST  TO  A  LINEAL  DESCENDANT  OR
CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUP,  OTHER THAN A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE OF THE
DISCOVERY OF A BURIAL SITE, THE DESCENDANT OR  GROUP  SHALL  ADVISE  THE
STATE  ARCHAEOLOGIST  AS  TO THE PREFERRED DISPOSITION OF THE DISCOVERED
REMAINS OR OBJECTS. THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST SHALL TO THE MAXIMUM  EXTENT
PRACTICABLE  FACILITATE SUCH PREFERRED DISPOSITION, WHICH MAY CONSIST OF
REINTERMENT AND PROTECTION  OF  THE  BURIAL  SITE  OR  DISINTERMENT  AND
REBURIAL OR OTHER DISPOSITION AS DETERMINED.
  (2)  WITHIN  TEN  DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION BY THE COMMITTEE TO A LINEAL
DESCENDANT OR CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED GROUP OF THE DISCOVERY OF  A  BURIAL
SITE,  THE  DESCENDANT OR GROUP SHALL ADVISE THE COMMITTEE IN WRITING AS
TO THE PREFERRED DISPOSITION OF THE DISCOVERED REMAINS OR  OBJECTS.  THE
COMMITTEE  SHALL  TO  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT  PRACTICABLE  FACILITATE SUCH
PREFERRED DISPOSITION, WHICH MAY CONSIST OF REINTERMENT  AND  PROTECTION
OF  THE BURIAL SITE OR DISINTERMENT AND REBURIAL OR OTHER DISPOSITION AS
DETERMINED.
  (G) DISPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS AND FUNERARY OBJECTS, GENERALLY.  (1)
EXCEPT  AS  NECESSARY  TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, BURIAL
SITES, HUMAN REMAINS AND FUNERARY OBJECTS SHALL REMAIN UNDISTURBED AFTER
DISCOVERY.
  (2) UNLESS EXPRESS CONTRARY DIRECTION IS GIVEN  BY  THE  COMMITTEE,  A
CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUP OR LINEAL DESCENDANT, THE PRESUMED DISPOSI-
TION OF HUMAN REMAINS AND FUNERARY OBJECTS SHALL  BE  THAT  THEY  REMAIN
UNDISTURBED  WHERE BURIED, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPHS THREE AND
FOUR OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
  (3) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WHERE THERE IS
NO PRACTICABLE MEANS OF MODIFYING THE ACTIVITY WHICH LED TO THE  DISCOV-
ERY  OF  A  BURIAL  SITE,  HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS IN ORDER TO
AVOID DISTURBING SUCH SITE, REMAINS OR OBJECTS, THE REMAINS  OR  OBJECTS
SHALL  BE  REMOVED  AND DISPOSITION BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
DIRECTIONS OF THE  COMMITTEE,  CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED  GROUP,  OR  LINEAL
DESCENDANT.

A. 2281                             5

  (4)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBPARAGRAPH  TWO  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, WHERE THE
STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST AND THE COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO  IDENTIFY  THE
LINEAL  DESCENDANT  OR  CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED GROUP FOR HUMAN REMAINS OR
FUNERARY OBJECTS, THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST SHALL DETERMINE THE  APPROPRI-
ATE DISPOSITION OF SUCH REMAINS OR OBJECTS.
  (H)  PENALTIES.  (1) ANY PERSON WHO FAILS TO REPORT THE DISCOVERY OF A
BURIAL SITE, HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS AS REQUIRED BY  PARAGRAPH
(D) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR, AS DEFINED
IN THE PENAL LAW.
  (2)  ANY  PERSON  OTHER  THAN  THE STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST, OR A PERSON OR
GROUP WITH A  RIGHT  OF  POSSESSION  OR  STEWARDSHIP  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION,  OR A DESIGNEE THEREOF, WHO INTENTIONALLY REMOVES HUMAN REMAINS
OR FUNERARY OBJECTS FROM A BURIAL SITE SHALL BE  GUILTY  OF  A  CLASS  A
MISDEMEANOR, AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
  (3) ANY PERSON WHO DEFACES OR DESTROYS A BURIAL SITE, HUMAN REMAINS OR
FUNERARY  OBJECTS,  OR  WHO  POSSESSES HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS
WITH INTENT TO SELL SUCH REMAINS OR ARTIFACTS, OR WHO SELLS OR  ATTEMPTS
TO  SELL HUMAN REMAINS OR FUNERARY OBJECTS, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS E
FELONY, AS DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
  (I) ENFORCEMENT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR ANY AGGRIEVED PARTY,  INCLUD-
ING  THE  COMMITTEE  AND  ANY LINEAL DESCENDANT OR CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED
GROUP, MAY BRING AN ACTION IN SUPREME COURT  IN  THE  JUDICIAL  DISTRICT
WHERE  THE  REMAINS  OR  OBJECTS  COVERED BY THIS SECTION ARE LOCATED TO
ENJOIN VIOLATIONS OR THREATENED  VIOLATIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AND  TO
RECOVER  SUCH REMAINS OR OBJECTS, AND IN THE CASE OF AN AGGRIEVED PARTY,
COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR SUCH VIOLATION.
  S 5. Section 235 of the education law is amended to read as follows:
  S 235. State science service.    There  shall  be  maintained  in  the
university  a  science service which shall be known as the state science
service and the state geologist, paleontologist, botanist  [and],  ento-
mologist,  AND  ARCHAEOLOGIST  shall  constitute its staff together with
such other scientists as the regents may employ or who are now  employed
by  them.   This service is empowered and directed to make available its
services to all the departments of the state, and the residents  of  the
state  under such rules and regulations as the regents may prescribe and
is empowered to engage in such scientific research as directed by law or
by the regents and shall cooperate with scientific units or agencies  of
other  states,  the  federal  government,  educational  institutions and
industry in the discovery,  analysis  and  dissemination  of  scientific
information.   The director of the state museum shall also be the direc-
tor and head of the state science service and the staff of  the  service
shall be members of the staff of the state museum.
  S  6. Section 14.09 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. PRIOR TO THE PREPARATION OR APPROVAL OF THE FINAL DESIGN OR PLAN OF
ANY PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY A STATE AGENCY, OR PRIOR TO THE FUNDING OF ANY
PROJECT BY A STATE AGENCY, OR PRIOR TO AN ACTION OF APPROVAL OR ENTITLE-
MENT OF ANY PRIVATE PROJECT BY A STATE AGENCY, THE AGENCY'S PRESERVATION
OFFICER SHALL PERFORM A DILIGENT INQUIRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ASPECT
OF THE PROJECT MAY OR WILL EFFECT A DISTURBANCE OF A KNOWN OR  SUSPECTED
BURIAL  SITE  FOR  WHICH  A CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE,
GROUP OR LINEAL DESCENDENT CAN BE IDENTIFIED. THE TERMS  "BURIAL  SITE",
"CULTURALLY-AFFILIATED"  AND "NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
MEANINGS AS ASCRIBED TO SUCH TERMS IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SECTION  FIFTEEN
HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN  OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW.  IN SUCH EVENT
SUCH OFFICER SHALL NOTIFY SUCH NATIVE  AMERICAN  TRIBE  AND  THE  NATIVE

A. 2281                             6

AMERICAN  BURIAL  SITE  REVIEW  COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY SECTION FIFTEEN
HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW AND CONSULT  WITH
THE TRIBE AND SUCH COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE HOW TO AVOID SUCH DISTURBANCE.
  S  7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.