Bill Text: NY A01310 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a New York State Korean War Commemorative Medal.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Passed) 2022-11-10 - signed chap.583 [A01310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01310-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1310--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 8, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Veterans' Affairs --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
          Veterans'  Affairs  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of a New
          York State Korean War Commemorative Medal

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

     1    Section  1. Section 247 of the military law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 1-d to read as follows:
     3    1-d. The governor is hereby authorized to present in the name  of  the
     4  legislature  of  the state of New York, a medal, to be known as the "New
     5  York  State  Korean  War  Commemorative  Medal",  bearing   a   suitable
     6  inscription,  to  any  person: (i) who is a resident of the state of New
     7  York, or (ii) who was a resident of the state of New York while  serving
     8  in the armed forces of the United States; (iii) who served in the United
     9  States  Armed Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps, or
    10  coast guard, or the organized  militia  defined  as  the  army  national
    11  guard,  the  air  national  guard, the New York naval militia or the New
    12  York guard, on active duty  on  the  Korean  peninsula,  its  contiguous
    13  waters,  or its airspace in the Korean War defined as the period of time
    14  from June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty through  January  thir-
    15  ty-first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-five;  and  (iv)  who  was honorably
    16  discharged or released under honorable circumstances or who has a quali-
    17  fying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-
    18  tive law, and received a discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonor-
    19  able  discharge,  or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
    20  three hundred fifty of the executive law, and received a discharge other
    21  than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge. No person shall receive more
    22  than one New York State Korean War Commemorative Medal. In the event  of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01390-04-2
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     1  the  death  of  any  person  prior  to the receipt of such commemorative
     2  medal, such commemorative medal shall be  presented  to  the  designated
     3  representative  of  the deceased. The governor, in consultation with the
     4  director  of  the  division of veterans' services, shall make such rules
     5  and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the  proper  presentation
     6  and distribution of such medals.
     7    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as amended by
     8  chapter 332 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     9    4. This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient  of
    10  the  conspicuous  service  cross, the conspicuous service star, the Cold
    11  War Certificate [or], the New York State Silver  Rose  Veterans  Service
    12  Certificate  or  the  New  York State Korean War Commemorative Medal has
    13  been a resident of the state of New York at the time of his or her entry
    14  into the United States army, air force, navy, or marine corps[, or nurs-
    15  es corps].
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    17  it shall have become a law.  The division of military and naval  affairs
    18  is  authorized  to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take
    19  any other measures necessary to implement the provisions of this act  on
    20  its effective date on or before such date.