Bill Text: NY S03639 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Dedicates veterans memorials as parkland in the state of New York; requires legislative action for alienation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S03639 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S03639-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3639 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 28, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to dedicating veterans' memorials as parklands in the state of New York 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 72-s to read as follows: 3 S 72-S. ALIENATING PUBLIC PROPERTY USED AS A VETERANS' MEMORIAL. 4 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, PUBLIC PROPERTY WHICH 5 HAS BEEN DONATED TO OR HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN- 6 ING BODY, AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING OR LOCATING A MEMORI- 7 AL TO THE VETERANS OF ANY WAR OR CONFLICT ENGAGED IN BY THE ARMED FORCES 8 OF THE UNITED STATES, SHALL BE DEDICATED AS PARKLAND IN THE MUNICIPALITY 9 WHEREIN SUCH PROPERTY EXISTS. SUCH DESIGNATED PUBLIC PROPERTY SHALL NOT 10 BE ALIENATED, DEVELOPED, LEASED, TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR DISCONTINUED FOR 11 USE AS A MEMORIAL SITE UNLESS SUCH ACTION IS APPROVED BY AN ACT OF THE 12 STATE LEGISLATURE. 13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05839-04-1