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Assembly Bill A8171

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the division of veterans' affairs, acting through its state director, to establish and maintain a state veterans' cemetery

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2011-A8171 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง353, Exec L

2011-A8171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the division of veterans' affairs, acting through its state director, to establish and maintain a state veterans' cemetery.

2011-A8171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8171

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the  divi-
  sion  of veterans' affairs to establish, maintain and care for a state
  veterans' cemetery

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

  Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 20 to read as follows:
  20.  TO  ESTABLISH  AND  OPERATE  A  STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY AND MAKE
APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SUCH FUNDS AS  SHALL  BE  MADE
AVAILABLE  FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING SUCH A CEMETERY. THE DIVISION
MAY ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF  THE  STATE
FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE OPERATION OF SUCH CEMETERY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE
DIVISION  AND  THE  STATE  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
PERPETUAL OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE STATE  VETERANS'  CEME-
TERY.  THE DIVISION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES,
SHALL  ACQUIRE, IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SUCH LAND AS SHALL
BE NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE  VETERANS'  CEMETERY.  ALL
LANDS  UPON  WHICH  SUCH  CEMETERY  IS ESTABLISHED SHALL BE OWNED BY THE
STATE AND SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR  CEMETERY  PURPOSES.    THE  DIVISION
SHALL  INCUR  AND  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR TEN PERCENT OF ANY INITIAL COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH  CEMETERY,  PROVIDED,  FURTHER
THAT  SUCH  COSTS SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS.  THE DIVI-
SION MAY ACCEPT FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS, FUNDING FROM POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL PLOT ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS TO ASSIST IN THE OPERA-
TION OF SUCH CEMETERY. ALL SUCH MONEYS SHALL  BE  USED  SOLELY  FOR  THE
PURPOSES OF SUCH CEMETERY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11621-02-1

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