Bill Text: NY A00613 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Clarifies that state regulated cemetery operations are under the sole jurisdiction of the state cemetery board.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00613 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00613-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           613
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, D'URSO, ORTIZ, CROUCH, COOK --
          read  once  and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
          and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation  to  the
          regulation of cemetery corporations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1501 of  the  not-for-profit  corporation  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 871 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 1501. Declaration of policy.
     4    The  people  of this state have a vital interest in the establishment,
     5  maintenance and preservation of [public] burial grounds and  the  proper
     6  operation of the corporations which own and manage the same.  This arti-
     7  cle  is  determined  an  exercise  of the police powers of this state to
     8  protect the well-being of our citizens, to promote  the  public  welfare
     9  and  to  prevent cemeteries from falling into disrepair and dilapidation
    10  and becoming a burden upon the community,  and  in  furtherance  of  the
    11  public  policy  of  this  state  that cemeteries shall be conducted on a
    12  non-profit basis for the mutual benefit of plot owners  therein.    This
    13  vital  interest  shall be protected and the uniqueness of these entities
    14  shall be affirmed by providing the state  with  the  responsibility  for
    15  sole  jurisdiction  of the regulation of cemeteries as set forth in this
    16  article.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00823-01-9
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