Bill Text: NY S04406 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs division of military and naval affairs to subsidize mailing of 1 package a month from family of active duty military personnel to such person on active duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S04406 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04406-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4406
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 11, 2019
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 military law, in relation to directing the division
          of military and naval affairs to establish a program to subsidize  the
          mailing of packages between members of the organized militia or of the
          reserve  forces  of  the  armed  forces of the United States and their
          families
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 255 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 255. Packages to and from residents on active duty. 1.   Definition.
     4  For the purposes of this section, "active duty" shall mean military duty
     5  in  the  active  military  service  of  the United States, as defined in
     6  section one of this chapter, or active duty in the military  service  of
     7  the  state  pursuant  to  an  order  of  the governor issued pursuant to
     8  section six or seven of this chapter.
     9    2. The division of military and  naval  affairs  shall  establish  and
    10  implement,  within  appropriations made therefor, a program whereby such
    11  division would pay the cost of postage to mail one package a month  from
    12  the  family of a resident of this state on active duty to such person on
    13  active duty.
    14    3. The adjutant general shall promulgate any rules and regulations  as
    15  he  or  she  shall  deem  necessary  to implement the provisions of this
    16  section.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    18  it shall have become a law, provided  that  any  rules  and  regulations
    19  necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
    20  are authorized and directed to be promulgated on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10435-01-9