Senate Bill S3254

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the disposition of unclaimed cremated remains of a veteran

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • 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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2019-S3254 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3338
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1517, N-PC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1469
2013-2014: S1615
2015-2016: S3549, A7384
2017-2018: S2861, A3662

2019-S3254 (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.

2019-S3254 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3254
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BRESLIN, KENNEDY -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
 
 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:
 § 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.
   (2)  The  following  are  authorized persons: (i) licensed, registered
 funeral directors, registered residents, and enrolled students of mortu-

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

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