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