N.Y. Veterans' Services Law Section 29-A*2
Veterans memorial registry

1.

The department is directed to develop a veterans memorial registry in consultation with the director of the New York state military museum and veterans resource center, the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the commissioner of the office of general services and the state historian. The registry shall be made available on the department’s website.

2.

The registry shall consist of a searchable database of those veterans memorials located within the state submitted pursuant to subdivision three of this section. The registry shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding the location of a memorial and who or what veteran or battle such memorial is honoring. Additional information may include historical information such as who authorized the erection of such memorial and the year of the dedication. Such registry shall be searchable by location, veteran or battle.

3.

The state commissioner shall issue, on behalf of the department, a public request for information for any county, city, town, or village desiring to have any memorial located within their municipality listed within the registry. Each county, city, town, or village may submit responses to the department’s request for information at any time after the request for information has been issued. Individuals and organizations, including but not limited to, local veterans’ service agencies staff and members of congressionally chartered veterans’ service organizations may provide recommendations to a municipality for inclusion in the registry. In responding to the department’s public request for information, a municipality shall identify the memorial or memorials it desires to have included in the registry and submit any information required pursuant to subdivision two of this section to the department. * NB There are 2 § 29-a’s

Source: Section 29-A*2 — Veterans memorial registry, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/VET/29-A*2 (updated Nov. 17, 2023; accessed May 18, 2024).

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Definitions 2
Department of veterans’ services 3
Veterans’ services commission 3‑A
Veterans employment task force 4
General functions, powers and duties of department 5
Veteran speaker education program 6
Cooperation and facilities of other departments 7
Information on status of veterans receiving assistance 8
New York state supplemental burial allowance for members of the uniformed services of the United States killed in combat or duty subject ... 9
New York state veteran burial fund 10
Time within which marriage may be solemnized 11
Use of personal confidential information obtained from veterans or family members of veterans receiving services from the state and polit... 12
Acceptance of gifts 13
State veterans’ service agency 14
Local veterans’ service agencies 15
Powers and duties of local veterans’ service agencies 16
Location and cost of local veterans’ service agencies 17
Local veterans’ service committees 18
Appropriations for expenses and activities of local veterans’ service agencies 19
Women veterans coordinator 20
Women veterans advisory committee 21
Creation of annuity 22
Evidence of entitlement 23
Persons who may receive annuity 24
New York state veterans’ cemeteries 25
Veterans health screening 26
Payment to parents of veterans 27
Cremated remains of a veteran 28
New York state silver rose veterans service certificate 29
Intake forms for admission and residency 29‑A
Loan counseling for mortgages guaranteed by the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 29‑A*2
Veterans memorial registry
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Accessed:
May 18, 2024

Last modified:
Nov. 17, 2023

§ 29-A*2’s source at nysenate​.gov

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