Authorizes the state cemetery board to accept from the town of Clarkstown an application for funding from the state cemetery vandalism restoration, monument repair or removal and administration fund for three abandoned cemeteries.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7121
SPONSOR: Zebrowski TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing the state cemetery board to accept
from the town of Clarkstown an application for funding from the state
cemetery vandalism restoration, monument repair or removal and adminis-
tration fund for three abandoned cemeteries
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow the Town of Clarkstown to apply for funding established pursu-
ant to section 97-r of the state finance law for maintenance of the
three enumerated cemeteries
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of this bill states, notwithstanding any provision of law,
rule or regulation to the contrary, the state cemetery board is hereby
authorized to accept from the town of Clarkstown, Rockland county, an
application for funding from the state cemetery vandalism restoration,
monument repair or removal and administration fund established pursuant
to section 97-r of . the state finance law for the maintenance of the
following abandoned cemeteries: the Nyack Rural Cemetery and the Mount
Moor Cemetery, both located in West Nyack, and the Nanuet Cemetery,
located in Nanuet.
Section 2 of the bill states that this act shall take effect immediate-
ly.
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill seeks to allow the Town of Clarkstown to access funding avail-
able, under section 97-r of the state finance law, for the maintenance
of three abandoned cemeteries within.its municipality.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7121
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the state cemetery board to accept
from the town of Clarkstown an application for funding from the state
cemetery vandalism restoration, monument repair or removal and admin-
istration fund for three abandoned cemeteries
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
2 the contrary, the state cemetery board is hereby authorized to accept
3 from the town of Clarkstown, Rockland county, an application for funding
4 from the state cemetery vandalism restoration, monument repair or
5 removal and administration fund established pursuant to section 97-r of
6 the state finance law for the maintenance of the following abandoned
7 cemeteries: the Nyack Rural Cemetery and the Mount Moor Cemetery, both
8 located in West Nyack, and the Nanuet Cemetery, located in Nanuet.
9 If satisfied that the town of Clarkstown would otherwise be entitled
10 to such funding if such town had filed applications for the funding by
11 the appropriate dates, the state cemetery board may make available to
12 the town appropriate amounts for the repair and maintenance of such
13 abandoned cemeteries pursuant to article 15 of the not-for-profit corpo-
14 ration law.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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