Bill Text: NY S07152 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Redefines military service to include the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-27 - SIGNED CHAP.300 [S07152 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07152-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7152

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  redefining  military
          service

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  2018-d  of  the
     2  education  law,  as added by chapter 489 of the laws of 2019, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (a) "Military service" means the military service of the state, or  of
     5  the  United  States,  including the army, navy, marine corps, air force,
     6  coast guard, merchant marine and all components thereof, and  the  coast
     7  and  geodetic survey, the public health service, the national guard when
     8  in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by law,
     9  and the cadets or midshipmen of  the  United  States  Military  Academy,
    10  United  States  Naval  Academy,  United States Air Force Academy, United
    11  States Merchant Marine Academy and United States Coast Guard Academy.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14601-01-9