Senate Bill S4283

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Declares the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4283 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6101
Law Section:
Benevolent Orders Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2 & 7, Ben Ord L; amd §77, Gen Muni L; amd §13, Gen City L; amd §§24 & 183, Mil L; amd §452, RPT L; add §5-b, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10461
2011-2012: A1950
2013-2014: A5255

2015-S4283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares the Vietnam Veterans of America to be benevolent orders and grants such organization various benefits available to specified veterans' organizations; requires the commissioner of general services to set aside space in the capitol for use as quarters of the Vietnam Veterans of America.

2015-S4283 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4283

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  amend the benevolent orders law, the general municipal law,
  the general city law, the military law and the real property tax  law,
  in  relation  to  declaring  the  Vietnam  Veterans of America to be a
  benevolent order  and  granting  such  organization  various  benefits
  available  to  specified  veterans'  organizations;  and  to amend the
  public buildings law, in relation to setting aside space in the  capi-
  tol for use as quarters of the Vietnam Veterans of America

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

  Section 1. Section 2 of the benevolent orders law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 59 to read as follows:
  59.  THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, OR ANY SUBORDINATE CHAPTER THER-
EOF, WHICH IS DULY CHARTERED BY AND INSTITUTED ACCORDING TO THE  CONSTI-
TUTION AND LAWS OF THAT ORGANIZATION.
  S 2. Section 7 of the benevolent orders law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 16-i to read as follows:
  16-I.    ANY  NUMBER  OF  CHARTERS OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA,
CHARTERED AND INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS OF  THAT  ORGANIZA-
TION;
  S  3.    Subdivision  1 of section 77 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 1013 of the laws of  1969,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. A municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to
a  post  or posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, American Legion, Catholic War Veterans, Inc.,
Disabled American Veterans, the Army  and  Navy  Union,  U.S.A.,  Marine
Corps  League,  AMVETS,  American  Veterans  of World War II, Jewish War
Veterans of the United States, Inc., Italian American  War  Veterans  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07567-02-5
              

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