Assembly Bill A2793A

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Classifies military monuments and memorials as parkland

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Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2793 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2328
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §99-w, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10168
2017-2018: A3395
2019-2020: A8520, S6677
2021-2022: A7003, S242

2023-A2793 - Summary

Classifies military monuments and memorials as parkland; provides military monuments or memorials erected or constructed on property of a municipal corporation shall require authorization by an act of the legislature prior to any change in status including alienation, development, leasing, transfer, sale or discontinuance.

2023-A2793 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2793
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  classifying
   military monuments and memorials as parkland
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 99-w of the general municipal law,
 as added by chapter 439 of the laws of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  Prior  to  any change in status of a military monument or military
 memorial erected or constructed pursuant to sections two  hundred  twen-
 ty-six  of  the  county law, eighty-one of the town law, seventy-two and
 seventy-seven-a of [the general municipal law] THIS ARTICLE or where the
 military monument or military memorial  receives  a  real  property  tax
 exemption  pursuant  to  section  four  hundred forty-four-a of the real
 property tax law, the legislative  body  of  the  municipal  corporation
 where the military monument or military memorial is situated shall adopt
 a  local  law,  by a two-thirds vote of its members, or in the case of a
 school district or board of cooperative educational  services  a  resol-
 ution,  by a two-thirds vote of its members, to authorize such change in
 status. At least ninety days prior to the adoption of  such  local  law,
 the  municipal  corporation shall hold at least one public hearing. Such
 public hearing shall be on such notice as is required by section  twenty
 of the municipal home rule law. Notice of such public hearing shall also
 be  posted  in  at least five public places, and shall be advertised for
 three consecutive days in at least one newspaper of general  circulation
 in  the  municipal corporation, which shall be the official newspaper if
 one exists, within fifteen days of such public  hearing.  The  municipal
 corporation  shall also post such notice on its official website, if one
 exists, for at least fifteen days prior to such hearing. Written  notice
 shall  also  be sent by certified mail to the chief executive officer of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02367-01-3

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2023-A2793A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2328
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §99-w, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10168
2017-2018: A3395
2019-2020: A8520, S6677
2021-2022: A7003, S242

2023-A2793A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Classifies military monuments and memorials as parkland; provides military monuments or memorials erected or constructed on property of a municipal corporation shall require authorization by an act of the legislature prior to any change in status including alienation, development, leasing, transfer, sale or discontinuance.

2023-A2793A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2793--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to classifying
   military monuments and memorials as parkland

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 99-w of the general municipal law,
 as  added  by  chapter  439  of  the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Prior to any change in status of a military  monument  or  military
 memorial  erected  or constructed pursuant to sections two hundred twen-
 ty-six of the county law, eighty-one of the town  law,  seventy-two  and
 seventy-seven-a of [the general municipal law] THIS ARTICLE or where the
 military  monument  or  military  memorial  receives a real property tax
 exemption pursuant to section four  hundred  forty-four-a  of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  the  legislative  body of the municipal corporation
 where the military monument or military memorial is situated shall adopt
 a local law, by a two-thirds vote of its members, or in the  case  of  a
 school  district  or  board of cooperative educational services a resol-
 ution, by a two-thirds vote of its members, to authorize such change  in
 status.  At  least  ninety days prior to the adoption of such local law,
 the municipal corporation shall hold at least one public  hearing.  Such
 public  hearing shall be on such notice as is required by section twenty
 of the municipal home rule law. Notice of such public hearing shall also
 be posted in at least five public places, and shall  be  advertised  for
 three  consecutive days in at least one newspaper of general circulation
 in the municipal corporation, which shall be the official  newspaper  if
 one  exists,  within  fifteen days of such public hearing. The municipal
 corporation shall also post such notice on its official website, if  one
 exists,  for at least fifteen days prior to such hearing. Written notice
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02367-02-3

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