NY S02208

Prohibits any person or entity from purchasing, selling, or transferring veteran's commemorative property (monuments, headstones, markers, plaques, statues, urns, flag holders, and similar items over 75 years old that identify veterans) placed in cemeteries, with violations constituting a Class B misdemeanor.

Allows cemetery corporations, associations, religious organizations, and municipal corporations 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.

Requires the Cemetery Board to hold a hearing within 100 days of a petition, with notice to veterans' organizations that may have donated the property, veteran families, and state divisions of Veterans' Affairs and Military and Naval Affairs.

Mandates that any sold veteran's commemorative property be replaced at its original site with a fitting replacement marker and that the recipient organization preserve the property and place it in a suitable commemorative location.

Amends existing law on cemetery markers and flag holders to clarify that sales authorized by the Cemetery Board under this new section are permitted exceptions to the general prohibition on selling veteran-related cemetery markers.