Requires the division of veterans' affairs to maintain an employment portal on its website to assist veterans in obtaining employment.

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S7766-2011 Actions

• Jun 20, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A8932A
• Jun 20, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1447
• Jun 18, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES

S7766-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 21, 2012

S7766-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 20, 2012

S7766-2011 Votes

S7766-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7766

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the
executive law, in relation to requiring the division of veterans' affairs
to maintain an employment portal on its website

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide information regarding
resources that are available to assist veterans in' obtaining
employment by maintaining a veterans' employment portal on the
division's website.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would
require the Division
of Veterans' Affairs to provide information regarding resources
available to assist veterans in obtaining employment by maintaining a
veterans' employment portal on the division's website. The portal
shall provide virtual links to appropriate governmental programs on
the federal and state level including but not limited to the United
States Department of Labor and the New York State Department of
Labor, Such information required under this subdivision shall be
maintained and updated annually. It may be available in print as well.

JUSTIFICATION:
Having served and defended our nation,
veterans are
well-trained and highly skilled and will add value to any company.
But today's veterans face unique challenges.

As of June 2011, one million veterans were unemployed and the jobless
rate for post 9/11 veterans was 13.3 percent.

These veterans tend to be young and many worked in sections that were
among the hardest hit by the recession. Post 9/11 veterans were more
likely to be employed in mining, construction, manufacturing,
transportation and utilities, all industries that experienced
significant drops in employment during 2008-2009.

And as we end the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, over one million
service members are projected to leave the military between 2011 and
2018.

We have an obligation to make sure our veterans are able to navigate
this difficult labor marker and succeed in the civilian workforce.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the
ninetieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided that any rules and regulations


necessary for the implementation of this act On its effective date
shall be promulgated on or before such date.

S7766-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    7766

                              I N  SENATE

                                June 18, 2012
                                 ___________

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

  AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
    of veterans' affairs to maintain an employment portal on its website

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


    Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
  subdivision 7-b to read as follows:

    7-B.  TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
  ASSIST VETERANS IN  OBTAINING  EMPLOYMENT  BY  MAINTAINING  A  VETERANS'
  EMPLOYMENT  PORTAL ON THE DIVISION'S INTERNET WEBSITE. SUCH PORTAL SHALL
  PROVIDE VIRTUAL LINKS TO APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS ON THE FEDER-
  AL AND STATE LEVEL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE  UNITED  STATES
  DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR  AND  THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.  THE
  DIVISION MAY CONSULT WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY  DEVOTED  TO  HELPING
  VETERANS  OBTAIN  EMPLOYMENT.  THE DIVISION SHALL MAKE REFERENCE TO THIS
  INFORMATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS FOUR-A, FOUR-B, AND FOUR-C OF  THIS
  SECTION  AND  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE AS
  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ELEVEN  OF  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND UPDATED ANNUAL-
  LY.  THE INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN PRINTED FORM.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
  have become a law, provided that any rules and regulations necessary for
  the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgat-
  ed on or before such date.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13811-06-2