Bill Text: NY A03789 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3789 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Grants status as a combat veteran to veterans who served in the armed forces during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia for the purposes of obtaining any privileges and benefits that are available to combat veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to veterans' affairs [A03789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03789-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3789
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ORTIZ, COLTON, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, M. G. MILLER,
          SANTABARBARA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to veterans who partic-
          ipated in operation restore hope in Somalia
          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 368-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 368-a. Operation restore hope; combat status.  Any  veteran  of  the
     4  armed  forces who served in Somalia during operation restore hope shall,
     5  for the purposes of obtaining eligibility for any privilege  or  benefit
     6  granted  to  combat  veterans  pursuant  to  this  chapter  or any other
     7  provision of law, be granted the status  of  combat  veteran  and  shall
     8  obtain eligibility for any such privilege or benefit.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08126-01-9