S3639-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Feb 28, 2011: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S3639-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3639

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to dedicating veterans' memorials as parklands in the state of New York

PURPOSE:
To provide statutory protection for veterans' memorials on public
property throughout New York State.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the general municipal law by adding a new subsection
to provide that any public property donated to or designated by a
state or local governing body for the purpose of creating or
maintaining a memorial to the veterans of any armed conflict engaged
in by the armed forces of the United States be considered parkland,
and subject to all legal provisions afforded to designated parkland
in New York State.

Section 2 states that this law shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation designates veterans memorials on publicly owned
property as parkland and affords such property the protection of
existing state procedures related to the alienation of parkland when
such changes are considered.

Currently, there are not adequate protections in law to protect
veterans' memorials.

This legislation will protect veterans' memorials to insure that the
valuable purpose veterans memorials serve in our society will not be
diminished.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3639-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3639
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 28, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  dedicating
 veterans' memorials as parklands in the state of New York
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 72-s to read as follows:

 

S  72-S.  ALIENATING  PUBLIC  PROPERTY  USED  AS A VETERANS' MEMORIAL.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, PUBLIC PROPERTY WHICH
 HAS BEEN DONATED TO OR HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN
 ING BODY, AND USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING OR LOCATING A MEMORI
 AL TO THE VETERANS OF ANY WAR OR CONFLICT ENGAGED IN BY THE ARMED FORCES
 OF THE UNITED STATES, SHALL BE DEDICATED AS PARKLAND IN THE MUNICIPALITY
 WHEREIN SUCH PROPERTY EXISTS.  SUCH DESIGNATED PUBLIC PROPERTY SHALL NOT
 BE ALIENATED, DEVELOPED, LEASED, TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR  DISCONTINUED  FOR
 USE  AS  A MEMORIAL SITE UNLESS SUCH ACTION IS APPROVED BY 

AN ACT OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05839-04-1

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