S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5934
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, REILLY, ALFANO, ABBATE, PHEFFER -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BOYLAND, DelMONTE, GIGLIO, KOLB,
MAGEE, McKEVITT, OAKS, TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the town law and the general city law, in relation to
increasing the amount that may be appropriated for rooms for patriotic
organizations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 64 of the town law, as amended by
chapter 328 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
13. Appropriations for rooms for patriotic organizations. In any town
in which there may, now or hereafter, be one or more posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Disa-
bled American Veterans, the Catholic War Veterans, Inc., the Italian
American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated, the Polish
Legion of American Veterans, Inc., the Marine Corps League, the Military
Order of the Purple Heart, Inc., AMVETS, American Veterans of World War
II, Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., Veterans of
World War I of the United States of America Department of New York,
Inc., China-Burma-India Veterans Association, Inc., Polish-American
Veterans of World War II, Amsterdam, N.Y., Inc., Polish-American Veter-
ans of World War II, Schenectady, N.Y., Inc., World War Veterans Club of
Lindenhurst, Inc., the American Legion, the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans
Association, the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Army and Navy Union of
the United States, the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Regular Veter-
ans Association, Inc., the 369th Veterans Association, Inc., the Tri-
County Council of Vietnam Veterans, the National Congress of Puerto
Rican Veterans, the Fleet Reserve Association, the Navy Seabee Veterans
of America, the Korean War Veterans Association, the Women's Army Corps
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Veterans Association, the 82nd Airborne Division Association, the Empire
State Chapter No. 120 of the Retired Enlisted Association, the National
Amputation Foundation, or the Navy Club of the U.S.A., the town board
may appropriate a sum not exceeding [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars
for each post in any year for the purpose of assisting in defraying the
rental or maintenance of rooms for holding meetings of such post or
posts, or both. If there be a post in a town adjoining a town in which
no post is located, whose membership includes at least five residents of
such town having no post, the town board of such town having no post may
vote any sum of money, not exceeding [one] THREE hundred [twenty-five]
dollars in any year, for the purpose of assisting in defraying the
rental or maintenance of rooms in such adjoining town as meeting places
of each of the posts hereinbefore enumerated. Claims for such rental or
rentals shall be made by the organizations interested, and shall be
submitted to the town board for audit in the same manner and at the same
time as other claims against the town.
S 2. Section 13-e of the general city law, as amended by chapter 328
of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 13-e. Expenses of meeting rooms for veterans' and other organiza-
tions. Any city may appropriate and make available a sum of money not
exceeding [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND dollars in any one year for each
chapter, post, camp or garrison, as the case may be, of the Grand Army
of the Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Disabled American Veterans, the
Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc., the Army and Navy Union of the
United States, the Marine Corps League, AMVETS, American Veterans of
World War II, the Italian American War Veterans of the United States,
Incorporated, Veterans of World War I of the United States of America
Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War II,
Amsterdam, N. Y., Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War II, Sche-
nectady, N. Y., Inc., Polish Legion of American Veterans, Inc., the
Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Inc., the Catholic War Veter-
ans, Inc., Masonic War Veterans of the State of New York, Inc., the
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Regular Veterans Association, Inc.,
the Viet Nam Veterans of America, the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Associ-
ation, the 369th Veterans Association, Inc., the Tri-County Council of
Vietnam Veterans, the National Congress of Puerto Rican Veterans, the
Navy Seabee Veterans of America, the Korean War Veterans Association,
the Women's Army Corps Veterans Association, or the Navy Club of the
U.S.A., located within its boundaries, for the purpose of assisting in
defraying the rental or maintenance expenses, or both, of rooms for the
holding of meetings of any such post, camp, garrison or chapter. All
sums hereby authorized to be expended shall be appropriated, raised and
expended, in the same manner as moneys for other municipal expenses in
the city are appropriated, raised and expended.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.