Bill Text: NY S00936 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes a task force on veteran employment opportunities, including membership requirements and powers and duties of the task force; and provides for the repeal of such provisions.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-5)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-15 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4827A [S00936 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00936-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         936--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  CROCI,  ADDABBO, AKSHAR, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, FUNKE,
          GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, HANNON, HELMING, KENNEDY, LARKIN, LITTLE, MARCHIONE,
          MURPHY, ORTT, PARKER, PHILLIPS, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SEWARD  --  read
          twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
          Committee on Veterans,  Homeland  Security  and  Military  Affairs  --
          recommitted  to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
          tary Affairs in accordance with Senate Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee  and  committed  to  the Committee on
          Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a task
          force on veteran  employment  opportunities;  and  providing  for  the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          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  352-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  352-a.  Veterans  employment  task  force. 1. There shall be in the
     4  division a task force on veterans employment opportunities  which  shall
     5  consist of the following eleven members: the state director of veterans'
     6  affairs or his or her designee, who shall serve as the chair of the task
     7  force; the commissioner of the office of general services, or his or her
     8  designee; the president of the state civil service commission, or his or
     9  her  designee;  the  commissioner  of labor, or his or her designee; the
    10  adjutant general for the state of New York, or his or her designee;  two
    11  members  appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one of whom
    12  shall be a representative from the private sector; two members appointed
    13  by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall  be  a  representative
    14  from  the private sector; one member appointed by the minority leader of
    15  the senate; and one member appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the
    16  assembly.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01771-03-8

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     1    2.  No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding any
     2  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office
     3  of employment by virtue of his  or  her  appointment  pursuant  to  this
     4  section.
     5    3.  Members  of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
     6  services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
     7  incurred in the performance of their functions pursuant to this section.
     8    4.  On  an annual basis, the task force shall hold at least two public
     9  hearings. To the extent practicable, such  hearings  shall  be  held  in
    10  different  regions  of  the  state. During the public hearings, the task
    11  force shall hear the testimony of voluntary witnesses,  may  compel  the
    12  testimony  of  witnesses and may require the production of any documents
    13  the task force deems reasonably necessary to carry out its  responsibil-
    14  ities.
    15    5. The task force shall issue a report on June 30, 2020, and every two
    16  years  after  such date, to the governor, the temporary president of the
    17  senate, and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall  include  but
    18  not be limited to:
    19    (a)  recommendations  on  the  development of new methods and programs
    20  aimed at assisting the state's veterans in finding and maintaining mean-
    21  ingful employment opportunities;
    22    (b) an analysis of the current methods and programs;
    23    (c) the impact on veteran employment by professional licensing;
    24    (d) the impact of veteran contractor programs;
    25    (e) the impact of tax credits and municipal grants  for  hiring  unem-
    26  ployed veterans; and
    27    (f) any private sector initiatives.
    28    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
    29  deemed repealed December 31, 2022.
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