Bill Text: NY A02140 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the division of veterans' affairs to provide for the interment of the unclaimed remains of veterans.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to veterans' affairs [A02140 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02140-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2140
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, MONTESANO, COLTON, MILLER, HOOPER,
JAFFEE, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing the divi-
sion of veterans' affairs to provide for the interment of the
unclaimed remains of veterans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 12-b to read as follows:
3 12-B. TO PROVIDE, IN COOPERATION WITH VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS,
4 FOR THE INTERMENT OF THE UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS. THE STATE
5 DIRECTOR SHALL CONSULT WITH VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO ANALYZE
6 THE SCOPE OF THE ISSUE OF UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF VETERANS. FOR THE
7 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "UNCLAIMED REMAINS OF A VETERAN" SHALL
8 MEAN THE REMAINS OF A VETERAN THAT ARE CONSIDERED UNCLAIMED UNDER THE
9 LAWS OF THIS STATE AND/OR ANY OTHER STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
11 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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