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A02034 Summary:

BILL NOA02034
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01151
 
SPONSORSmullen
 
COSPNSRTague, Brown E, Brown K, Palmesano, Manktelow, Maher, McDonough, Lemondes, Brabenec, Gallahan, Hawley, Bendett, DeStefano
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §144-b, Exec L
 
Directs the secretary of state to develop and implement an adopt-a-rural-cemetery program for the purposes of improving, repairing, and maintaining cemeteries in rural communities which are registered with and overseen by the division of cemeteries; allows municipalities to opt in to the program.
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A02034 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2034
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SMULLEN, TAGUE, E. BROWN, K. BROWN, PALMESANO,
          MANKTELOW, MAHER, McDONOUGH,  LEMONDES,  BRABENEC,  GALLAHAN,  HAWLEY,
          BENDETT,  DeSTEFANO  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on
          Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  an
          adopt-a-rural cemetery program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  144-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  144-b.  Adopt-a-rural  cemetery  program. 1. The secretary of state
     4  shall develop  and  implement  an  adopt-a-rural  cemetery  program  the
     5  purposes  of  which  shall  include,  but  not be limited to, improving,
     6  repairing, and maintaining cemeteries in  rural  communities  which  are
     7  registered  with  and  overseen  by  the  division of cemeteries and are
     8  located in any municipality except in a city having a population of  one
     9  million  or  more inhabitants.  A municipality may opt to participate in
    10  the program.  The program shall include but not be limited to:
    11    (a) coordinating services by volunteers or groups to  improve,  repair
    12  and maintain cemeteries; and
    13    (b)  providing  and  installing  appropriate  signs  identifying those
    14  volunteers or groups adopting particular rural cemeteries.
    15    2. (a) Signs described in paragraph (b) of  subdivision  one  of  this
    16  section must:
    17    (i)  be placed at the main entrance of the cemetery alongside or below
    18  any existing cemetery signage;
    19    (ii) match and conform to the style, color, type, font,  and  likeness
    20  of  any  existing  cemetery signage, including any historic preservation
    21  requirements;
    22    (iii) be devoid of any corporate logos, trademarks, and images;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (iv) be limited in size to no more than half  the  dimensions  of  the
     2  largest  existing  cemetery signage at the location in which it shall be
     3  placed; and
     4    (v) meet any other requirements that the department of state may add.
     5    (b)  If there is no existing signage at a cemetery, the sign for iden-
     6  tifying those volunteers or groups adopting particular rural  cemeteries
     7  shall  be constructed in accordance with how the cemetery corporation or
     8  municipality which owns the cemetery shall see fit but shall  be  devoid
     9  of any corporate logos, trademarks, and images.
    10    3.  The  secretary  of  state is authorized and directed to promulgate
    11  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement  and  carry  out   the
    12  provisions of this section including but not limited to:
    13    (a)  the  number  of years that volunteers or groups may adopt a rural
    14  cemetery; and
    15    (b) the requirements that must be met in order to continue to  be  the
    16  adopter of a cemetery.
    17    4.  The  program will be funded through existing appropriations within
    18  the department of state for the reimbursement  of  maintenance  and  the
    19  designing,  construction,  and  installation  of the signage identifying
    20  those volunteers or groups adopting particular rural cemeteries.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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