Bill Text: NY A06325 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the "Campaign Medal for Service" to be awarded to those who have provided military service in Iraq.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to veterans' affairs [A06325 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06325-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6325

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 5, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Veterans' Affairs

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  military  law, in relation to providing for the
          "Campaign Medal for Service" to be granted to those who provided mili-
          tary service in Iraq

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1-d  of  section 247 of the military law, as
     2  added by chapter 583 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered subdivision  1-e
     3  and a new subdivision 1-f is added to read as follows:
     4    1-f.  The  governor is hereby authorized to present in the name of the
     5  legislature of the state of New York, a military decoration, to be known
     6  as the "Campaign Medal for Service",  bearing  a  suitable  inscription,
     7  device,  and  ribbon,  all  of which shall be of suitable design, to any
     8  person (i) who is a citizen of the state of New York or (ii) who  was  a
     9  citizen  of  the  state of New York while serving in the armed forces of
    10  the United States, and who, while serving in  the  United  States  Armed
    11  Forces,  defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps, or coast guard,
    12  served in active duty in Iraq. Not more  than  one  campaign  medal  for
    13  service  shall  be  issued  to any one person; nor shall any citation be
    14  awarded or presented, under the provisions of this subdivision,  to  any
    15  person  whose  entire  service  subsequent to the time of the receipt of
    16  such medal shall not have been honorable. For each succeeding  medal  as
    17  provided  in this section, such person shall be entitled to wear, as the
    18  chief of staff of the state may direct, a ribbon whose color and  design
    19  shall  be selected by the division of military affairs.  In the event of
    20  the death of any person during or subsequent  to  the  receipt  of  such
    21  citation  the  campaign  medal  for  service  shall be presented to such
    22  representative of the deceased as may be designated.  The chief of staff
    23  shall make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the
    24  proper presentation and distribution of such decorations.
    25    § 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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