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Assembly Bill A7817

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain crematory or crematorium operated by a funeral entity

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2023-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6601
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14, Chap 560 of 1998
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5449, S3798

2023-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a crematory or crematorium operated by a funeral entity may add an additional retort expressly and solely for use in an instance of mechanical or technical failure of an existing retort; makes related provisions.

2023-A7817 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7817
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend chapter 560 of the laws of 1998, amending the not-for-
   profit corporation law and other laws,  relating  to  combinations  of
   cemetery  corporations and funeral entities, and the sale of monuments
   and memorials, in relation to certain crematory or  crematorium  oper-
   ated by a funeral entity
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14 of chapter 560 of the laws of 1998, amending the
 not-for-profit corporation law and other laws, relating to  combinations
 of cemetery corporations and funeral entities, and the sale of monuments
 and  memorials,  is  amended  by  adding  a new subdivision 3 to read as
 follows:
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION  AND  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  FUNERAL
 ENTITY  COMPLIES  WITH PARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF
 THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW,  WHERE  APPLICABLE,  AND  ALL  OTHER
 APPLICABLE  LAWS AND REGULATIONS, A CREMATORY OR CREMATORIUM OPERATED BY
 A FUNERAL ENTITY MAY ADD AN ADDITIONAL RETORT EXPRESSLY AND  SOLELY  FOR
 USE  IN  AN  INSTANCE  OF MECHANICAL OR TECHNICAL FAILURE OF AN EXISTING
 RETORT.  ANY SUCH ADDITION OF A RETORT EXPRESSLY AND SOLELY FOR  USE  IN
 AN  INSTANCE  OF  MECHANICAL  OR TECHNICAL FAILURE OF AN EXISTING RETORT
 SHALL NOT DIMINISH OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE ABILITY  OF  A  CREMATORY  OR
 CREMATORIUM  TO  BE  OPERATED  BY  A  FUNERAL ENTITY AS PROVIDED IN THIS
 SECTION. NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL ENTITLE A  CREMATORY  OR  CREMATORIUM
 OPERATED  BY  A  FUNERAL  ENTITY  TO  EXPAND ITS OPERATIONS OR OTHERWISE
 PERMIT NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10825-01-3

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