Senate Bill S4701

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of monuments

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions 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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2015-S4701 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3122
Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Religious Corporations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7, Rel Corp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5410
2011-2012: S3380, A6401
2013-2014: S4178, A3369
2017-2018: A2293
2019-2020: A7350
2021-2022: A6836

2015-S4701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of monuments.

2015-S4701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4701

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed 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
RELIGIOUS  CORPORATION,  WHETHER  SUCH  PROPERTY  IS LOCATED ON CEMETERY
GROUNDS OR ELSEWHERE; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04723-01-5

              

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