Senate Bill S4525

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs 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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2023-S4525 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3658
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Veterans
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5347
2011-2012: S3209
2013-2014: S3869
2015-2016: S4580
2017-2018: S1111, S7870
2019-2020: S158, A7884
2021-2022: S1322, A4414

2023-S4525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act.

2023-S4525 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4525
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT establishing the veterans' memorials preservation 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 "veterans' memorials preservation act".
   § 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act:
   (a) a "memorial" is any park, monument, field,  open  land,  grove  of
 trees,  building, structure, artwork, tablet, plaque, wall, or any other
 structure that has been donated to, or constructed by, a  public  entity
 as a memorial to veterans of any war, conflict, or police action engaged
 in  by the armed forces of the United States, or any state of the United
 States, or the New York national guard.
   (b) a "public entity" is any governmental body of any kind, including,
 but not limited to, the state, a city, town,  village,  borough,  school
 district or public authority.
   § 3.  Memorials  shall be preserved and be open to the public. (a) Any
 public entity that has created or received a gift of  a  memorial  shall
 not  alter,  destroy,  reconfigure,  adjust, change, modify or move such
 memorial, or cause or permit any person to commit such  acts;  provided,
 however, that such acts are permitted when reasonably necessary.
   (b)  Any  public entity that has created a memorial or accepted a gift
 of a memorial shall maintain the memorial in a reasonable manner.
   (c) A public entity shall not restrict access to a memorial except  as
 reasonably necessary.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04234-01-3

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