Bill Text: NY A02411 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: a bulletin board dedicated to veteran's affairs and events to be displayed and maintained in each city or town hall.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-27 - signed chap.16 [A02411 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A02411-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2411 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, BURLING, CUSICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, JAFFEE, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH, PERRY, SCHIMMINGER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring events related to veterans be displayed on a bulletin board THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 99-v to read as follows: 3 S 99-V. VETERANS AFFAIRS; DISPLAY OF EVENTS. EACH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN 4 OR VILLAGE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE A BULLETIN BOARD TO BE 5 CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAYED IN SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE BUILDING 6 HOLDING ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OR MUNICIPAL OFFICES. SUCH BULLETIN 7 BOARD SHALL BE USED BY VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, THE NEW YORK STATE DIVI- 8 SION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, THE COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE AGENCY OR CITY 9 VETERANS SERVICE AGENCY TO DISPLAY INFORMATION REGARDING VETERANS IN 10 SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE. SUCH INFORMATION MAY INCLUDE, BUT 11 NOT BE LIMITED TO, BENEFITS OR UPCOMING VETERANS RELATED EVENTS IN THE 12 COMMUNITY. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately, the 15 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 16 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 17 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01313-01-1