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May 17, 2023 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.140 substituted for a1477 |
Mar 20, 2023 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 13, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 08, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Feb 07, 2023 | 1st report cal.294 |
Jan 04, 2023 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
senate Bill S490
Sponsored By
Leroy Comrie
(D) 14th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- Introduced
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S490 (ACTIVE) - Details
S490 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S490 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to authorizing the maintenance of abandoned cemeteries PURPOSE: To allow abandoned city cemeteries to merge with another not-for-profit cemetery and have access to funds for maintenance of abandoned ceme- teries. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 creates a new section 5 3506-f in the Not-For-Profit corpo- ration law to peixit abandoned city cemeteries to merge with another cemetery corporation already regulated by NYS, with permission from the cemetery board, and allows for the newly merged cemetery to apply for funds for maintenance of the abandoned cemetery.
S490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 490 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 authorizing the maintenance of abandoned cemeteries THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (h) of section 1507 of the not-for-profit corpo- ration law, as amended by chapter 380 of the laws of 2000 and subpara- graph 4 as amended by chapter 363 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (h) Vandalism, abandonment and monument repair or removal. (1) Ceme- teries incorporated under this article shall contribute to a fund created pursuant to section ninety-seven-r of the state finance law for the maintenance of abandoned cemeteries, including the construction of cemetery fences, placement of cemetery lights and replacement of ceme- tery doors and locks, for the restoration of property damaged by acts of vandalism, and for the repair or removal of monuments or other markers not owned by the cemetery corporation that have fallen into disrepair or dilapidation so as to create a dangerous condition. Such fund shall be administered by a board of trustees comprised of the secretary of state, the attorney general and the commissioner of health, or their designees, who shall serve without additional compensation. (2) The fund shall be financed by contributions by the cemetery corpo- rations of not more than five dollars ($5.00) per interment or cremation in a manner to be determined by the New York state cemetery board. No contributions shall be collected upon the interment of the cremains of a deceased person where a contribution was collected upon cremations. (3) The moneys of the fund shall be expended equally for the mainte- nance of abandoned cemeteries previously owned by a corporation incorpo- rated pursuant to this chapter or the membership corporations law and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02762-01-3
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