| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 13, 2018 | print number 4298a |
| Jun 13, 2018 | amend (t) and recommit to veterans' affairs |
| Jan 03, 2018 | referred to veterans' affairs |
| Feb 02, 2017 | referred to veterans' affairs |
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Co-Sponsors
Michael Montesano
William Colton
Michael G. Miller
Earlene Hooper
A4298 - Details
A4298 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4298
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, MONTESANO, COLTON, M. G. MILLER, HOOPER,
JAFFEE, PERRY -- 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 provide for the interment of the
unclaimed remains of veterans
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 12-a to read as follows:
12-A. TO PROVIDE, IN COOPERATION WITH VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS,
FOR THE INTERMENT OF THE UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS. THE STATE
DIRECTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO ANALYZE
THE SCOPE OF THE ISSUE OF UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF A VETERAN" SHALL
MEAN THE REMAINS OF A VETERAN THAT ARE CONSIDERED UNCLAIMED UNDER THE
LAWS OF THIS STATE AND/OR ANY OTHER STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Co-Sponsors
Michael Montesano
William Colton
Michael G. Miller
Earlene Hooper
A4298A (ACTIVE) - Details
A4298A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4298--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, MONTESANO, COLTON, M. G. MILLER, HOOPER,
JAFFEE, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to directing
counties and the city of New York to request a congressionally char-
tered veterans' organization to arrange for the funeral and burial of
a deceased veteran who has no next of kin or other person to make such
arrangements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1-a of section 148 of the
general municipal law, as amended by chapter 29 of the laws of 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the case
of a veteran, as defined in section forty-two hundred three of the
public health law, who died in a county or the city of New York leaving
no funds or insurance sufficient to pay funeral and burial expenses of
such veteran and such veteran has no next of kin or person of record
previously designated to control his or her final disposition pursuant
to section four thousand two hundred one of the public health law, such
county or the city of New York [may] SHALL request a congressionally
chartered veterans' organization within the county or the city of New
York where the decedent resided at the time of death, to engage the
services of a funeral firm to conduct the funeral and burial services.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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