Bill Text: NY S00158 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S00158 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00158-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           158
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT establishing the veterans' memorials preservation act
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "veterans' memorials preservation act".
     3    § 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act:
     4    (a) a "memorial" is any park, monument, field,  open  land,  grove  of
     5  trees,  building, structure, artwork, tablet, plaque, wall, or any other
     6  structure that has been donated to, or constructed by, a  public  entity
     7  as a memorial to veterans of any war, conflict, or police action engaged
     8  in  by the armed forces of the United States, or any state of the United
     9  States, or the New York national guard.
    10    (b) a "public entity" is any governmental body of any kind, including,
    11  but not limited to, the state, a city, town,  village,  borough,  school
    12  district or public authority.
    13    § 3.  Memorials  shall be preserved and be open to the public. (a) Any
    14  public entity that has created or received a gift of  a  memorial  shall
    15  not  alter,  destroy,  reconfigure,  adjust, change, modify or move such
    16  memorial, or cause or permit any person to commit such  acts;  provided,
    17  however, that such acts are permitted when reasonably necessary.
    18    (b)  Any  public entity that has created a memorial or accepted a gift
    19  of a memorial shall maintain the memorial in a reasonable manner.
    20    (c) A public entity shall not restrict access to a memorial except  as
    21  reasonably necessary.
    22    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04984-01-9