Senate Bill S3477A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran

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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-S3477 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4298
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §148, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8667
2011-2012: A4904
2013-2014: A2140
2015-2016: A4667
2019-2020: S2145, A1017
2021-2022: S1231, A7828
2023-2024: S454

2017-S3477 - Summary

Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran when such veteran has no next of kin or other person designated to provide for the disposition of his or her remains.

2017-S3477 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3477 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3477
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GIANARIS, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the divi-
   sion of  veterans'  affairs  to  provide  for  the  interment  of  the
   unclaimed remains of veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
   12-A. TO PROVIDE, IN COOPERATION WITH VETERANS SERVICE  ORGANIZATIONS,
 FOR  THE  INTERMENT  OF  THE  UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS.   THE STATE
 DIRECTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH VETERANS SERVICE  ORGANIZATIONS  TO  ANALYZE
 THE  SCOPE  OF  THE  ISSUE  OF  UNCLAIMED  REMAINS  OF VETERANS. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "UNCLAIMED REMAINS  OF  A  VETERAN"  SHALL
 MEAN  THE  REMAINS  OF A VETERAN THAT ARE CONSIDERED UNCLAIMED UNDER THE
 LAWS OF THIS STATE AND/OR ANY OTHER STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04139-01-7

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2017-S3477A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4298
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §148, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8667
2011-2012: A4904
2013-2014: A2140
2015-2016: A4667
2019-2020: S2145, A1017
2021-2022: S1231, A7828
2023-2024: S454

2017-S3477A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs counties and the city of New York to contact a veterans' organization to provide for the disposition of the unclaimed remains of a deceased veteran when such veteran has no next of kin or other person designated to provide for the disposition of his or her remains.

2017-S3477A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3477A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3477--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GIANARIS, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land  Security  and  Military  Affairs  --  committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to directing
   counties and the city of New York to request a  congressionally  char-
   tered  veterans' organization to arrange for the funeral and burial of
   a deceased veteran who has no next of kin or other person to make such
   arrangements
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1-a of section 148 of the
 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws of 2016,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this section, in the case
 of a veteran, as defined in  section  forty-two  hundred  three  of  the
 public  health law, who died in a county or the city of New York leaving
 no funds or insurance sufficient to pay funeral and burial  expenses  of
 such  veteran  and  such  veteran has no next of kin or person of record
 previously designated to control his or her final  disposition  pursuant
 to  section four thousand two hundred one of the public health law, such
 county or the city of New York [may]  SHALL  request  a  congressionally
 chartered  veterans'  organization  within the county or the city of New
 York where the decedent resided at the time  of  death,  to  engage  the
 services of a funeral firm to conduct the funeral and burial services.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04139-02-7

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