S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3084 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for an increase in the rates of compensation for gold star parents THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 367 of the execu- 2 tive law, as added by chapter 399 of the laws of 2007, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (a) A parent, identified in 10 USC 1126 as a gold star parent, of a 5 veteran who heretofore has died or parent of a veteran dying hereafter, 6 shall upon application to the state director, be paid an annual annuity 7 out of the treasury of the state for the sum of five hundred dollars for 8 such term as such parent shall be entitled thereto under the provisions 9 of this article. [In no event shall such annual annuity payment exceed 10 one thousand dollars per veteran] THE AMOUNT OF ANY ANNUITY PAYABLE 11 UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE ANNUITY PAYABLE IN 12 THE PRECEDING YEAR, INCREASED BY THE SAME PERCENTAGE AS THE PERCENTAGE 13 BY WHICH BENEFIT AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY 14 ACT (42 USC 401 ET SEQ.) ARE INCREASED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER FIRST, TWO 15 THOUSAND FIFTEEN. The term "parent" for the purposes of this section 16 includes mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother through adoption 17 and father through adoption. 18 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02575-01-5