STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6521 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT relating to permitting the Green-Wood cemetery to file a certif- icate of incorporation with the department of state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 the department of state is hereby authorized to accept for filing from 3 the Green-Wood cemetery, located in Brooklyn, an application for a 4 certificate of amendment of certificate of incorporation pursuant to 5 section 803 of the not-for-profit corporation law within one year of the 6 effective date of this act. 7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Green- 8 Wood cemetery is a corporation within the meaning of subparagraph (5) of 9 paragraph (a) of section 102 of the not-for-profit corporation law. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11974-01-7