S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a state veterans'
cemetery
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 365 of the execu-
tive law, as added by section 5 of part W of chapter 57 of the laws of
2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) [Prior to the commencement of the investigation and study pursuant
to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the] THE director of the division
of veterans' affairs, the director of the division of the budget, the
director of the department of state's division of cemeteries, and the
office of the state comptroller must certify to the governor, the tempo-
rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of
the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and
means committee that the veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance
and operation fund, created pursuant to section ninety-seven-mmmm of the
state finance law, contains moneys sufficient, adjusted to reflect
projected future inflation, to fund the operation, maintenance and the
provision of perpetual care of a state veterans' cemetery for a period
of not less than fifteen years, provided that such amount shall not
include any amount that shall be reimbursed or contributed to the ceme-
tery from the government of the United States or any amount that would
be recoverable by the cemetery pursuant to a charge of fee for the
provision of a grave site for a non-veteran spouse or family member. In
making such a certification, the director of the division of veterans'
affairs, the director of the division of the budget, the director of the
department of state's division of cemeteries, and the office of the
state comptroller shall consider, but are not limited to, the following
factors:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(i) physical attributes of the veterans cemetery, including size,
location, and terrain;
(ii) management and operation, including staffing costs, cost of
equipment and equipment maintenance, and security costs;
(iii) relevant state and federal requirements and specifications for
interment and perpetual care;
(iv) estimates provided by the United States department of veterans
affairs;
(v) any other fiscal cost, charge or assessment that would be incurred
by the cemetery.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.