Assembly Bill A10461

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Declares the Veterans of Modern Warfare, Inc. and the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders

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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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2009-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Benevolent Orders Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2 & 7, Ben Ord L; amd §3, ABC L; amd §77, Gen Muni L; amd §§13 & 13-e, Gen City L; amd §64, Town L; amd §§24 & 183, Mil L; amd §168, Soc Serv L; amd §137, Gen Bus L; amd §452, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1950
2013-2014: A5255
2015-2016: A4032, A5940, A6101

2009-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares the Veterans of Modern Warfare, Inc. and the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders.

2009-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10461

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CASTELLI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Veterans' Affairs

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  benevolent  orders  law, the alcoholic beverage
  control law, the general municipal law, the general city law, the town
  law, the military law, the social services law, the  general  business
  law and the real property tax law, in relation to declaring the Veter-
  ans  of Modern Warfare, Inc. and the Vietnam Veterans of America to be
  benevolent orders and granting  such  organizations  various  benefits
  available to specified veterans' organizations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 2 of the benevolent orders law is amended by adding
two new subdivisions 59 and 60 to read as follows:
  59. THE VETERANS OF MODERN WARFARE, INC., OR ANY  SUBORDINATE  CHAPTER
THEREOF,  WHICH  IS  DULY  CHARTERED  BY AND INSTITUTED ACCORDING TO THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
  60. THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, OR ANY SUBORDINATE CHAPTER THERE-
OF, WHICH IS DULY CHARTERED BY AND INSTITUTED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITU-
TION AND LAWS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
  S 2. Section 7 of the benevolent orders law is amended by  adding  two
new subdivisions 16-i and 16-j to read as follows:
  16-I.  ANY NUMBER OF CHARTERS OF THE VETERANS OF MODERN WARFARE, INC.,
CHARTERED AND INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS OF  THAT  ORGANIZA-
TION;
  16-J. ANY NUMBER OF CHARTERS OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, CHAR-
TERED AND INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS OF THAT ORGANIZATION;
  S 3. Subdivision 9 of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law,
as  amended  by  chapter  575 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
  9. "Club" shall mean an organization of persons incorporated  pursuant
to  the  provisions of the not-for-profit corporation law or the benevo-
lent orders law, which is the owner, lessee or occupant  of  a  building
used  exclusively for club purposes, and which does not traffic in alco-
holic beverages for profit and is operated solely  for  a  recreational,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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