N.Y. Veterans' Services Law § 29-a*2: Veterans memorial registry

* § 29-a. 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