Bill Text: NY A01234 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1234 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the definition of the term "cremation".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01234 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01234-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, GALEF, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Spon-
          sored  by -- M.  of A. 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
          definition of cremation
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (h) of section 1502 of the not-for-profit  corpo-
     2  ration  law,  as added by chapter 579 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (h) The term "cremation" means the technical process[,] using heat and
     5  flame[,] that reduces human remains to ashes and other  residue  or  any
     6  other  technical  process  to  reduce human remains to cremains that the
     7  cemetery board deems in the public interest and authorizes  pursuant  to
     8  regulations  promulgated  by  the  cemetery  board.    "Cremation" shall
     9  include the processing, and may include the pulverization, of such ashes
    10  and other residue.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00838-01-9