Bill Text: NY A08171 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8171 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the division of veterans' affairs, acting through its state director, to establish and maintain a state veterans' cemetery.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to veterans' affairs [A08171 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08171-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8171
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 3, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- 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 establish, maintain and care for a state
         veterans' cemetery
         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 20 to read as follows:
    3    20.  TO  ESTABLISH  AND  OPERATE  A  STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY AND MAKE
    4  APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SUCH FUNDS AS  SHALL  BE  MADE
    5  AVAILABLE  FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING SUCH A CEMETERY. THE DIVISION
    6  MAY ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF  THE  STATE
    7  FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE OPERATION OF SUCH CEMETERY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE
    8  DIVISION  AND  THE  STATE  SHALL  HAVE  THE  SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
    9  PERPETUAL OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE STATE  VETERANS'  CEME-
   10  TERY.  THE DIVISION, IN COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES,
   11  SHALL  ACQUIRE, IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SUCH LAND AS SHALL
   12  BE NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE  VETERANS'  CEMETERY.  ALL
   13  LANDS  UPON  WHICH  SUCH  CEMETERY  IS ESTABLISHED SHALL BE OWNED BY THE
   14  STATE AND SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR  CEMETERY  PURPOSES.    THE  DIVISION
   15  SHALL  INCUR  AND  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR TEN PERCENT OF ANY INITIAL COSTS
   16  ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH  CEMETERY,  PROVIDED,  FURTHER
   17  THAT  SUCH  COSTS SHALL BE REIMBURSED BY FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS.  THE DIVI-
   18  SION MAY ACCEPT FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS, FUNDING FROM POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
   19  OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL PLOT ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS TO ASSIST IN THE OPERA-
   20  TION OF SUCH CEMETERY. ALL SUCH MONEYS SHALL  BE  USED  SOLELY  FOR  THE
   21  PURPOSES OF SUCH CEMETERY.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11621-02-1