Assembly Bill A5940

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Declares 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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2015-A5940 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
S4283 ,
A6101 ,
Law Section:
Benevolent Orders Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2 & 7, Ben Ord L; amd §77, Gen Muni L; amd §13, Gen City L; amd §§24 & 183, Mil L; amd §452, RPT L; add §5-b, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10461
2011-2012: A1950
2013-2014: A5255

2015-A5940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders and grants such organization various benefits available to specified veterans' organizations; requires the commissioner of general services to set aside space in the capitol for use as quarters of the Vietnam Veterans of America.

2015-A5940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5940

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the benevolent orders law, the  general  municipal  law,
  the  general city law, the military law and the real property tax law,
  in relation to declaring the Vietnam  Veterans  of  America  to  be  a
  benevolent  order  and  granting  such  organization  various benefits
  available to specified  veterans'  organizations;  and  to  amend  the
  public  buildings law, in relation to setting aside space in the capi-
  tol for use as quarters of the Vietnam Veterans of America

  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
a new subdivision 59 to read as follows:
  59.  THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, OR ANY SUBORDINATE CHAPTER THER-
EOF,  WHICH IS DULY CHARTERED BY AND INSTITUTED ACCORDING TO THE CONSTI-
TUTION AND LAWS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
  S 2. Section 7 of the benevolent orders law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 16-i to read as follows:
  16-I.  ANY NUMBER OF CHARTERS OF  THE  VIETNAM  VETERANS  OF  AMERICA,
CHARTERED  AND  INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS OF THAT ORGANIZA-
TION;
  S 3.  Subdivision 1 of section 77 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  1013  of  the  laws of 1969, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. A municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to
a post or posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans  of  Foreign
Wars of the United States, American Legion, Catholic War Veterans, Inc.,
Disabled  American  Veterans,  the  Army  and Navy Union, U.S.A., Marine
Corps League, AMVETS, American Veterans of  World  War  II,  Jewish  War
Veterans  of  the  United States, Inc., Italian American War Veterans of
the United States, Incorporated, Masonic War Veterans of  the  State  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07567-02-5
              

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