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S00212 Summary:

BILL NOS00212 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02087

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SPONSORHELMING

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 212

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT establishing the veterans' memorials preservation act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "veterans' memorials preservation act".
 3 § 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act:
 4 (a) a "memorial" is any park, monument, field, open land, grove of
 5 trees, building, structure, artwork, tablet, plaque, wall, or any other
 6 structure that has been donated to, or constructed by, a public entity
 7 as a memorial to veterans of any war, conflict, or police action engaged
 8 in by the armed forces of the United States, or any state of the United
 9 States, or the New York national guard.
 10 (b) a "public entity" is any governmental body of any kind, including,
 11 but not limited to, the state, a city, town, village, borough, school
 12 district or public authority.
 13 § 3. Memorials shall be preserved and be open to the public. (a) Any
 14 public entity that has created or received a gift of a memorial shall
 15 not alter, destroy, reconfigure, adjust, change, modify or move such
 16 memorial, or cause or permit any person to commit such acts; provided,
 17 however, that such acts are permitted when reasonably necessary.
 18 (b) Any public entity that has created a memorial or accepted a gift
 19 of a memorial shall maintain the memorial in a reasonable manner.
 20 (c) A public entity shall not restrict access to a memorial except as
 21 reasonably necessary.
 22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00571-01-5

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