Senate Bill S3549A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

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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-S3549 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7384
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1517, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1469
2013-2014: S1615
2017-2018: S2861, A3662
2019-2020: S3254, A3338

2015-S3549 - Summary

Allows cemetery corporations to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative or friend of the deceased within one hundred twenty days after cremation.

2015-S3549 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3549 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3549

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY,
  LATIMER, MARTINS, SAMPSON, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
  Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  in  relation  to
  disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

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

  Section 1. Section 1517 of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  as
added by chapter 579 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 1517. Crematory operations.
  Cemetery  corporations that operate a crematory shall have the follow-
ing duties and obligations:
  (a) Maintenance and privacy. (1) A crematory facility shall  be  main-
tained  in  a  clean, orderly, and sanitary manner, with adequate venti-
lation and shall have a temporary storage area available  to  store  the
remains  of  deceased human beings pending disposition by cremation, the
interior of which shall not be accessible to the general public.
  (2) Entrances and windows of the crematory  facility  shall  be  main-
tained  at  all  times  to  secure privacy, including (i) doors shall be
tightly closed and rigid; (ii)  windows  shall  be  covered;  and  (iii)
entrances  shall  be  locked  and  secured when not actively attended by
authorized crematory personnel.
  (b) Cremation process. (1) The cremation process shall be conducted in
privacy. No person except authorized persons shall be admitted into  the
retort  area,  holding facility, or the temporary storage facility while
the remains of deceased human  beings  are  being  cremated.  Authorized
persons,  on  admittance,  shall  comply with all rules of the crematory
corporation and not infringe upon the privacy of the remains of deceased
human beings.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09076-01-5

              

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2015-S3549A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7384
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1517, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1469
2013-2014: S1615
2017-2018: S2861, A3662
2019-2020: S3254, A3338

2015-S3549A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows cemetery corporations to grant qualified veterans' organizations the right to receive the cremains of a veteran which has not been claimed by a relative or friend of the deceased within one hundred twenty days after cremation.

2015-S3549A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3549A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3549--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY,
  LATIMER, MARTINS, PANEPINTO, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
  Authorities  and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee on Corpo-
  rations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  not-for-profit  corporation law, in relation to
  disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

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

  Section  1.  Section  1517  of  the not-for-profit corporation law, as
added by chapter 579 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 1517. Crematory operations.
  Cemetery corporations that operate a crematory shall have the  follow-
ing duties and obligations:
  (a)  Maintenance  and privacy. (1) A crematory facility shall be main-
tained in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner,  with  adequate  venti-
lation  and  shall  have a temporary storage area available to store the
remains of deceased human beings pending disposition by  cremation,  the
interior of which shall not be accessible to the general public.
  (2)  Entrances  and  windows  of the crematory facility shall be main-
tained at all times to secure privacy,  including  (i)  doors  shall  be
tightly  closed  and  rigid;  (ii)  windows  shall be covered; and (iii)
entrances shall be locked and secured  when  not  actively  attended  by
authorized crematory personnel.
  (b) Cremation process. (1) The cremation process shall be conducted in
privacy.  No person except authorized persons shall be admitted into the
retort area, holding facility, or the temporary storage  facility  while
the  remains  of  deceased  human  beings are being cremated. Authorized
persons, on admittance, shall comply with all  rules  of  the  crematory

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09076-02-6
              

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