Assembly Bill A5426

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the New York state veterans cemeteries

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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-A5426 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6132
2019-2020: A5347

2017-A5426 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of New York state veterans cemeteries; amends certain criteria.

2017-A5426 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5426
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, in relation to the New York state
   veterans cemeteries
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 365 of the executive law, as added by section 5 of
 part W of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 365. New York state veterans cemeteries. 1. Legislative intent.  The
 legislature  finds and determines that the devoted service and sacrifice
 of veterans deserve important, unique and  eternal  recognition  by  the
 state of New York. That it is by means of the devoted service and sacri-
 fice of veterans that the liberty, freedom and prosperity enjoyed by all
 New Yorkers is maintained and preserved.
   The  legislature  further  finds  and  determines that to provide this
 important, unique and eternal recognition, the state shall  establish  a
 program  of New York state veterans cemeteries in New York. Such program
 shall provide for the construction, establishment,  expansion,  improve-
 ment,  support,  operation,  maintenance  and the provision of perpetual
 care for state veterans cemeteries in this state, and  thereby  for  the
 memorialization and remembrance of individual veterans and their service
 to their community, state and nation.
   The legislature additionally finds and determines that it is therefore
 necessary  to  provide  for the construction and establishment of one or
 more New York state veterans cemeteries, and that to thereafter, provide
 for the expansion, improvement, support, operation, maintenance and  the
 provision  of  perpetual  care of all such cemeteries so constructed and
 established. The legislature also finds and determines that it is appro-
 priate to have the responsibility for the  construction,  establishment,
 expansion,   improvement,   support,   operation,  maintenance  and  the
 provision of perpetual care for veterans cemeteries in this state, to be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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