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                                         2902

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  BONACIC,  GRIFFO,  LARKIN, MAZIARZ,
         RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
         committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
         Affairs

       AN  ACT to amend the military law, in relation to providing that Afghan-
         istan and Iraq war veterans receive tuition free education at  schools
         of the state university of New York or the city university of New York

         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  article  5  to
    2  read as follows:
    3                                  ARTICLE V
    4    TUITION FREE EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WARS
    5  SECTION  100. TUITION FREE EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND
    6                 IRAQ WARS.
    7    S 100. TUITION FREE EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OF THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
    8  WARS. 1. "AFGHANISTAN OR IRAQ WAR VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON (I) WHO  IS  A
    9  RESIDENT  OF  THIS STATE, AND (II) WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
   10  UNITED STATES IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A COMBAT ZONE BY THE PRESIDENT OF
   11  THE UNITED STATES DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM OR  OPERATION  IRAQI
   12  FREEDOM,  WHO  WAS  DISCHARGED  THEREFROM  UNDER OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE
   13  CONDITIONS.
   14    2. AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WAR VETERANS WHO ARE ACCEPTED  FOR  ENROLLMENT
   15  AT  ANY  OF  THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY
   16  UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL RECEIVE UP TO EIGHT SEMESTERS OF  FULL-TIME
   17  UNDERGRADUATE  STUDY, OR THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR ACADEMIC YEARS, OR UP TO
   18  SIX SEMESTERS, THE EQUIVALENT OF THREE ACADEMIC YEARS OF GRADUATE  STUDY
   19  TUITION FREE.
   20    S 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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