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NY S00284
Bill
Status
3/26/2013
Primary Sponsor
William Larkin
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AI Summary
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Prohibits any person, firm, or entity from purchasing, selling, or transferring veterans' commemorative property (monuments, headstones, markers, statues, urns, flag holders, etc. over 75 years old) placed in cemeteries, with violations constituting a Class B misdemeanor.
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Allows cemetery corporations and associations to petition the Cemetery Board for permission to sell veterans' commemorative property if it faces physical deterioration, will be preserved by the buyer, and proceeds support cemetery maintenance.
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Requires cemetery boards to hold hearings within 100 days of petition receipt with notice to veterans' organizations that donated the property, veteran families, Division of Veterans' Affairs, and the public.
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Permits cemetery boards to approve sales only if replacement commemorative property is placed at the original site and any veterans' organizations that donated the property consent to the sale.
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Exempts sales of metal cemetery markers and flag holders bearing veterans' insignia when authorized by the Cemetery Board under the new petition process, while preserving existing exemptions for veterans' organizations and authorized businesses.
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
1/28/2014