Bill Text: NY S02089 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a New York State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - SUBSTITUTED BY A357A [S02089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02089-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2089--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sens. JORDAN, ADDABBO, AKSHAR, BROOKS, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO,
          HELMING, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to
          be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
          tary  Affairs  -- 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 --
          recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and  Mili-
          tary  Affairs  in  accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of  a  New
          York State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 247 of the military law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 1-d to read as follows:
     3    1-d.  The  governor is hereby authorized to present in the name of the
     4  legislature of the state of New York, a medal, to be known as  the  "New
     5  York   State  Vietnam  War  Commemorative  Medal",  bearing  a  suitable
     6  inscription, to any person: (i) who is a resident of the  state  of  New
     7  York;  or (ii) who was a resident of the state of New York while serving
     8  in the armed forces of the United States; (iii) who served in the United
     9  States Armed Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps,  or
    10  coast  guard,  or  the  organized  militia  defined as the army national
    11  guard, the air national guard, the New York naval militia,  or  the  New
    12  York  guard, on active duty abroad in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
    13  or in the contiguous waters or air space thereof during  the  period  of
    14  time  from  November  first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-five  through May
    15  seventh, nineteen hundred  seventy-five;  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably
    16  discharged or released under honorable circumstances or who has a quali-
    17  fying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 2089--B                          2

     1  tive  law,  and received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonor-
     2  able discharge, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined  in  section
     3  three hundred fifty of the executive law, and received a discharge other
     4  than  bad  conduct  or dishonorable discharge.   No person shall receive
     5  more than one New York State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal.    In  the
     6  event  of  the death of any eligible person prior to the receipt of such
     7  commemorative medal, such commemorative medal shall be presented to  the
     8  designated  representative  of  the deceased.   The adjutant general, in
     9  consultation with the director of the division  of  veterans'  services,
    10  shall make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the
    11  proper presentation and distribution of such medals.
    12    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as amended by
    13  chapter 332 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    14    4. This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient  of
    15  the  conspicuous  service  cross, the conspicuous service star, the Cold
    16  War Certificate [or], the New York State Silver  Rose  Veterans  Service
    17  Certificate  or  the  New York State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal has
    18  been a resident of the state of New York at the time of his or her entry
    19  into the United States army, air force, navy, or marine corps[, or nurs-
    20  es corps].
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    22  it shall have become a law. The division of military and  naval  affairs
    23  is  authorized  to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take
    24  any other measures necessary to implement the provisions of this act  on
    25  its effective date on or before such date.