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NY A03369

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/25/2013

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Morelle

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Origin

Assembly

2013-2014 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Religious Corporations Law Section 7 to prohibit religious corporations owning cemeteries from engaging in the sale of monuments (excluding flush bronze markers) or displaying monuments for sale on cemetery property or elsewhere.

  • Prohibits cemetery employees, trustees, or directors from advertising their relationship to the religious corporation or cemetery when engaged in monument sales outside their official employment or affiliation.

  • Applies restrictions on monument sales and employee monument-selling activities to all religious cemetery corporations, including those with 30 acres or less of cemetery property.

  • Maintains existing prohibitions on religious cemetery corporations selling/leasing property to funeral entities, commingling funds, and entering into management contracts with funeral entities.

  • Takes effect 30 days after becoming law.

Legislative Description

Relates to the sale of monuments.

Last Action

ordered to third reading rules cal.436

6/19/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules6/9/2014
Ways and Means4/7/2014
Codes4/1/2014
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions1/8/2014
Ways and Means6/10/2013
Codes3/19/2013
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions1/25/2013

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