Bill Text: NY S08985 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to New York state active duty performed under the authority of the governor of New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S08985 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08985-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8985

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
          land Security and Military Affairs

        AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
          military service credit

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1000 of the retirement and social
     2  security law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2022, is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    1.  A member, upon application to such retirement system, may obtain a
     5  total not to exceed three years of service credit for up to three  years
     6  of  military  duty, as defined in section two hundred forty-three of the
     7  military law, if the member (a) was honorably discharged from the  mili-
     8  tary,  or  (b)  has a qualifying condition, as defined in section [three
     9  hundred fifty of the executive] one of the veterans' services  law,  and
    10  has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
    11  such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
    12  [three hundred fifty of the executive] one  of  the  veterans'  services
    13  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
    14  from  such  service.    For  purposes of this subdivision, military duty
    15  shall also include New York state active duty  service  performed  under
    16  the authority of the governor of New York state.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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