Bill Text: NY S03064 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3064 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03064 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3064
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        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.
    17    2. No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding  any
    18  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office
    19  of  employment  by  virtue  of  his  or her appointment pursuant to this
    20  section.
    21    3. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation  for  their
    22  services,  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual and necessary expenses
    23  incurred in the performance of their functions pursuant to this section.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    4. On an annual basis, the task force shall hold at least  two  public
     2  hearings.  To  the  extent  practicable,  such hearings shall be held in
     3  different regions of the state. During the  public  hearings,  the  task
     4  force  shall  hear  the testimony of voluntary witnesses, may compel the
     5  testimony  of  witnesses and may require the production of any documents
     6  the task force deems reasonably necessary to carry out its  responsibil-
     7  ities.
     8    5. The task force shall issue a report on June 30, 2021, and every two
     9  years  after  such date, to the governor, the temporary president of the
    10  senate, and the speaker of the assembly. Such report shall  include  but
    11  not be limited to:
    12    (a)  recommendations  on  the  development of new methods and programs
    13  aimed at assisting the state's veterans in finding and maintaining mean-
    14  ingful employment opportunities;
    15    (b) an analysis of the current methods and programs;
    16    (c) the impact on veteran employment by professional licensing;
    17    (d) the impact of veteran contractor programs;
    18    (e) the impact of tax credits and municipal grants  for  hiring  unem-
    19  ployed veterans; and
    20    (f) any private sector initiatives.
    21    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
    22  deemed repealed December 31, 2023.