Assembly Bill A3364

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state veterans cemetery act

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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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2017-A3364 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3906
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §368-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2424
2013-2014: S2658
2015-2016: A8189, S2941
2019-2020: S3780
2021-2022: S4735
2023-2024: S6655

2017-A3364 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "New York state veterans cemetery act"; directs the division to conduct an investigation and study on the issue of the establishment of a New York state veterans cemetery funding program.

2017-A3364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3364
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the  establishment  of
   the New York state veterans cemetery act
 
   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 "New York state veterans cemetery act".
   §  2.  The  executive  law is amended by adding a new section 368-a to
 read as follows:
   § 368-A. VETERANS CEMETERY FUNDING PROMOTION PROGRAM. THE DIVISION  IS
 HEREBY  DIRECTED  TO  ESTABLISH,  PRODUCE  AND  CONDUCT A NEW YORK STATE
 VETERANS CEMETERY FUNDING PROMOTION PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE VETERANS CEMETERY FUNDING PROGRAM WOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE THE GIVING
 OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, BY INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND CORPORATIONS,  TO
 THE  VETERANS  REMEMBRANCE  AND CEMETERY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND,
 CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-MMMM OF THE STATE FINANCE  LAW,
 WHICH  WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR VETERANS CEMETERIES PURSU-
 ANT TO THE NEW  YORK  STATE  VETERANS  CEMETERY  PROGRAM  CREATED  UNDER
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. IN ESTABLISHING THE
 NEW YORK STATE VETERANS CEMETERY FUNDING PROMOTION PROGRAM, THE DIVISION
 SHALL ESTABLISH, PRODUCE AND CONDUCT PROGRAMS, PROJECTS,  AND  MATERIALS
 DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE THE GIVING OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, BY INDIVID-
 UALS,  GROUPS AND CORPORATIONS, TO THE VETERANS REMEMBRANCE AND CEMETERY
 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION FUND. THE DIVISION SHALL FURTHER SEEK, AND MAY
 APPLY ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, FOR GRANTS AND  CONTRIBUTIONS,
 FROM GOVERNMENTS AND/OR OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, FOR DEPOSIT
 IN,  AND  USE  BY, THE VETERANS REMEMBRANCE AND CEMETERY MAINTENANCE AND
 OPERATION FUND, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, OPERATING AND FINANCING
 NEW YORK STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES.  EVERY  YEAR,  NOT  LATER  THAN  THE
 FIFTEENTH OF DECEMBER, THE DIVISION SHALL PRODUCE A REPORT OF THE ACTIV-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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