Senate Bill S1690

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Amends the dates of certain armed conflicts to reflect the dates for such conflicts established by the federal government and provides that future dates shall be consistent with the federal dates thereof

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S1690 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§668 & 668-c, Ed L; amd §1000, R & SS L; amd §85, Civ Serv L; amd §168, Soc Serv L; amd §63, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S4923

2015-S1690 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the dates of certain armed conflicts to reflect the dates for such conflicts established by the federal government and provides that future dates of armed conflicts shall be consistent with the federal dates thereof.

2015-S1690 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1690

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- 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 education law, the retirement  and  social  security
  law,  the  civil  service  law, the social services law and the public
  officers law, in relation to the dates of certain periods of  war  and
  hostilities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  668  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  580 of the laws of 1992, paragraphs (a) and (d) as
amended by chapter 261 of the laws of 1995, paragraph (b) as amended  by
chapter  616  of  the  laws  of 1995, paragraphs (f) and (g) as added by
chapter 435 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Period of military service. For a  student  to  be  eligible,  the
parent,  or  step-parent where the student is the dependent of the step-
parent, (i) must have been a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary
medal, the navy expeditionary medal or the  marine  corps  expeditionary
medal  for  participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon from [June first]
AUGUST  TWENTY-FIRST,  nineteen  hundred  [eighty-three]  EIGHTY-TWO  to
December  first,  nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October
twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three  to  November  twenty-first,
nineteen  hundred  eighty-three,  or  in Panama from December twentieth,
nineteen hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
ninety,  or (ii) must have served on regular active duty (other than for
training) in the armed forces of the United States during part of one of
the following periods:
  (a) April sixth, nineteen hundred seventeen to November eleven,  nine-
teen hundred eighteen.
  (b) December seven, nineteen hundred forty-one to December thirty-one,
nineteen  hundred  forty-six,  or have been employed by the War Shipping

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07220-01-5
              

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