What's happening
This bill amends the executive law to change certification requirements regarding funding for the operation and maintenance of a state veterans' cemetery.
Why it matters
Removes a procedural delay. by eliminating the requirement that state officials certify funding levels *before* any investigation or study about the veterans' cemetery can begin, potentially allowing planning to start earlier.
Maintains strict financial safeguards. by still requiring high-level state officials to certify that the veterans’ cemetery fund has enough money (adjusted for inflation) for at least 15 years of operation, maintenance, and perpetual care, excluding federal reimbursements or certain family payments.
Clarifies the process. for certifying financial readiness, which may help streamline efforts to establish or expand a state veterans’ cemetery and could lead to faster progress on cemetery projects for veterans and their families.
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Fund State Veterans' Cemetery
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Sponsors
34 Co-sponsors
- Steven Englebright
- Jake Ashby
- Kevin Cahill
- Aileen Gunther
- Walter T. Mosley
- Fred Thiele
- Marianne Buttenschon
- Jaime R. Williams
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Peter Abbate
- Philip Palmesano
- Mark Walczyk
- Andrew Raia
- Karl Brabenec
- Angelo J. Morinello
- Michael Montesano
- Colin Schmitt
- Edward Ra
- Joseph Giglio
- Charles Lavine
- Vivian Cook
- William Magnarelli
- Michael J. Norris
- Mike Reilly
- Brian Manktelow
- Brian D. Miller
- Judy Griffin
- Angelo Santabarbara
- Robert Smullen
- Felix Ortiz
- Carmen E. Arroyo
- Peter Lawrence
- Stephen Hawley
History
- Referred to veterans' affairs
- Referred to veterans' affairs
Companion bill
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Fund State Veterans Cemetery
In Senate Committee · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs · Sponsor Betty Little
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
887
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to a state veterans' cemetery
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 365 of the executive law, as added by section 5 of part W of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) [Prior to the commencement of the investigation and study pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the] The director of the division of veterans' affairs, the director of the division of the budget, the director of the department of state's division of cemeteries, and the office of the state comptroller must certify to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee that the veterans remembrance and cemetery maintenance and operation fund, created pursuant to section ninety-seven-mmmm of the state finance law, contains moneys sufficient, adjusted to reflect projected future inflation, to fund the operation, maintenance and the provision of perpetual care of a state veterans' cemetery for a period of not less than fifteen years, provided that such amount shall not include any amount that shall be reimbursed or contributed to the cemetery from the government of the United States or any amount that would be recoverable by the cemetery pursuant to a charge of fee for the provision of a grave site for a non-veteran spouse or family member. In making such a certification, the director of the division of veterans' affairs, the director of the division of the budget, the director of the department of state's division of cemeteries, and the office of the state comptroller shall consider, but are not limited to, the following factors:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(i) physical attributes of the veterans cemetery, including size, location, and terrain;
(ii) management and operation, including staffing costs, cost of equipment and equipment maintenance, and security costs;
(iii) relevant state and federal requirements and specifications for interment and perpetual care;
(iv) estimates provided by the United States department of veterans affairs;
(v) any other fiscal cost, charge or assessment that would be incurred by the cemetery.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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