Assembly Bill A3116A

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status Via S454 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A3116 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S454
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §148, Gen Muni L; amd §4, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3477
2019-2020: S2145
2021-2022: S1231

2023-A3116 - 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; provides process.

2023-A3116 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3116
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 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 and a new paragraph (f) is added 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.
   (F) (I) SUCH VETERANS' ORGANIZATION AND/OR THE FUNERAL FIRM ENGAGED TO
 PROVIDE  SUCH SERVICES MAY MAKE APPLICATION TO THE DIVISION OF VETERANS'
 SERVICES FOR INDIGENT BURIAL REIMBURSEMENT AS PROVIDED IN  THIS  SECTION
 AS  JOINT  CLAIMANT WITH THE VETERANS' ORGANIZATION, OR WITH THE CONSENT
 OF SUCH VETERANS' ORGANIZATION.
   (II) IF SUCH VETERANS' ORGANIZATION  DECLINES  SUCH  REQUEST  FOR  ANY
 REASON,  A  COUNTY  OR  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK MAY DIRECTLY ENGAGE THE
 SERVICES OF A FUNERAL FIRM WHICH SHALL THEN SERVE AS A SOLE CLAIMANT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02695-01-3

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2023-A3116A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S454
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §148, Gen Muni L; amd §4, Veterans' Services L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S3477
2019-2020: S2145
2021-2022: S1231

2023-A3116A (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; provides process.

2023-A3116A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3116--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- 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  and  the  veterans'  services
   law,  in  relation  to  directing counties and the city of New York to
   request a congressionally chartered 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] ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW, OR WHO HAS A QUAL-
 IFYING CONDITION AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW
 AND  HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE, OR
 IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE OF THE  VETERANS'
 SERVICES  LAW  AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE, 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 previ-
 ously 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.  Section  4 of the veterans' services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02695-03-3

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