Senate BillIntroduced
S 212: Establishes the veterans' memorials preservation act.
What S 212 does, verified January 8, 2026
The Veterans' Memorials Preservation Act aims to protect and preserve memorials dedicated to veterans in the state of New York. These memorials can include parks, monuments, buildings, and other structures donated or constructed by public entities to honor veterans of wars, conflicts, and police actions. The law prohibits public entities from altering, destroying, or moving these memorials without a reasonable justification. Additionally, public entities are required to maintain the memorials in a reasonable manner and ensure that access to them is not restricted unnecessarily. The act takes effect immediately, ensuring the preservation of these important historical and cultural sites.
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Last action: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 345 words
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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