Bill Text: NJ A1899 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-10-02 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A1899 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1899-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CAROLINE CASAGRANDE
District 11 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Wilson, Peterson, Assemblywoman Lampitt, Assemblymen Coughlin and C.A.Brown
SYNOPSIS
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act creating a New Jersey Cold War medal and supplementing Title 38A of the New Jersey Statues
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Governor may present in the name of the State of New Jersey a Cold War medal of appropriate design to any person who is a resident of the State, who was honorably discharged from service with the organized militia or the federal military after completion of not less than 180 days of service during the Cold War, and who is not otherwise qualified to receive any medal based on war time service occurring during the Cold War.
b. No more than one medal shall be awarded to any person, except that a medal that is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued may be replaced.
c. Determination of eligibility for a Cold War medal shall be the responsibility of the Adjutant General or his designee.
d. The medal may be awarded for a deceased person or a person missing in action and, when so directed, may be presented to such representative as the Adjutant General considers appropriate, who submits all of the required forms and documentation on behalf of that person.
e. The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall receive requests for the medal from an eligible person or an appropriate representative, who shall use the application form required by the department, attaching a copy of the federal DD Form 214 or WD Form 53 and death certificate copy, as applicable.
f. For the purpose of this section, "Cold War" means the period beginning on September 2, 1945 and ending on December 26, 1991.
g. This section shall be implemented by the Adjutant General only upon the determination that sufficient funds exist in the "Cold War Medal Fund," as created by section 2 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), to design, manufacture and distribute the medal in a manner appropriate to satisfy the requests for the medal received by the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.
2. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a special, non-lapsing fund to be known as the "Cold War Medal Fund." There shall be deposited into the fund the amounts made available for the purposes of the fund and monetary donations that may be received from any source for the purposes of the fund and any interest earned thereon. Monies deposited in the fund shall be dedicated for the design, manufacture and distribution of the medal.
3. This act shall take effect six months from the date of enactment, but the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
The bill creates a New Jersey Cold War medal that the Governor may present to certain veterans who served honorably during the Cold War.
Under the bill, the Governor may present, on behalf of the State, a Cold War medal of appropriate design to any person who is a resident of the State who was honorably discharged from service with the organized militia or the federal military after completion of not less than 180 days of service during the Cold War, and who is not otherwise qualified to receive any medal based on war time service occurring during the Cold War.
The bill provides that only one medal may be awarded to each person, except that a medal lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued may be replaced.
The bill requires the Adjutant General of the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, or the Adjutant General's designee, to determine eligibility for the medal, and specifies that the medal may be awarded for a deceased person or a person missing in action and presented to a representative on behalf of the deceased or missing person.
The bill requires the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to receive requests for the medal from an eligible person or an appropriate representative, who must use the application form required by the department and submit certain required documentation.
The bill establishes the "Cold War Medal Fund" in the Department of the Treasury, and requires amounts made available for the fund, monetary donations received for the fund, and interest earned thereon to be deposited into the fund. The bill requires all money deposited into the fund to be dedicated for the design, manufacture, and distribution of the medal.
The bill prohibits the medal from being designed, manufactured, or distributed unless the Adjutant General determines sufficient funds exist in the new fund to design, manufacture, and distribute the medal in a manner appropriate to satisfy requests for the medal.
The bill takes effect six months from the date of enactment, but permits the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to take anticipatory administrative action prior to the bill's effective date.
