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NY S01504
Bill
Status
3/14/2011
Primary Sponsor
William Larkin
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AI Summary
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Prohibits any person or entity from purchasing, selling, or transferring veteran's commemorative property (monuments, headstones, markers, statues, urns, flag holders, and similar items over 75 years old) placed in cemeteries; violations constitute a Class B misdemeanor.
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Allows cemetery corporations and associations to petition the Cemetery Board for permission to sell or transfer veteran's commemorative property if the property is deteriorating, will be preserved by the buyer, and funds are needed for cemetery maintenance.
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Requires the Cemetery Board to hold a hearing within 100 days of receiving a petition, with notice to veterans' organizations that may have donated the property, affected veteran families, and relevant state divisions.
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Mandates that any sold veteran's commemorative property be replaced at its original site with a fitting replacement marker or monument that appropriately identifies and commemorates the veteran or group of veterans.
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Amends existing law on cemetery markers and flag holders to allow sales of veteran's commemorative property when authorized by the Cemetery Board, and permits the Board to specify how proceeds must be used, including deposit into permanent maintenance funds.
Legislative Description
Prohibits the unauthorized sale, purchase, sale or transfer of any cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that is over 75 years old that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans, including but not limited to a military unit, company, battalion or division, if such cemetery marker, flag holder, monument, statue or other physical memorabilia that commemorates the life or death of a veteran or group of veterans has been placed in any cemetery; makes violations a class B misdemeanor; permits cemeteries to make such sales upon application to the state cemetery board and upon certain conditions.
Last Action
referred to veterans' affairs
3/5/2012