Bill Text: NY A03477 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program (G.I.V.E Back NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans with service connected disabilities.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 20-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-23 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A03477 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03477-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3477 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, CURRAN, CROUCH, SKOUFIS, MONTESANO, MILLER, HAWLEY, GIGLIO, DUPREY, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, RA, WALTER, RAIA, CORWIN, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, CERETTO, BORELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, GRAF, McKEVITT, OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to establishing a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program (G.I.V.E. Back NY) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article 6-B 2 to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 6-B 4 GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS 5 NOT FULLY EMPLOYED PROGRAM 6 (G.I.V.E. BACK NY) 7 SECTION 97. GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS NOT FULLY 8 EMPLOYED PROGRAM (G.I.V.E. BACK NY). 9 S 97. GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS NOT FULLY EMPLOYED 10 PROGRAM (G.I.V.E. BACK NY). 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE 11 LEGISLATURE A G.I.V.E. BACK NY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 12 SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSEMBLY YOUTH PARTIC- 13 IPATION PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL AWARD 14 TEN PERCENT OF AVAILABLE INTERNSHIPS IN THE ASSEMBLY YOUTH PARTICIPATION 15 PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM TO ELIGIBLE HONORABLY DISCHARGED 16 VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES. VETERANS WHO ARE AWARDED 17 INTERNSHIPS PURSUANT TO THE G.I.V.E. BACK NY PROGRAM SHALL RECEIVE A 18 STIPEND THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE STIPEND AWARDED TO GRADUATE STUDENT 19 PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASSEMBLY YOUTH PARTICIPATION PROGRAM AND SENATE 20 STUDENT PROGRAM FOR A ONE SEMESTER INTERNSHIP. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02623-01-5 A. 3477 2 1 2. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE G.I.V.E. BACK NY PROGRAM, A 2 CANDIDATE SHALL: 3 (A) BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES 4 WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES 5 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 6 DEFENSE; 7 (B) BE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED; 8 (C) HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN FUTURE EMPLOYMENT IN PUBLIC 9 SERVICE, GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC POLICY; AND 10 (D) SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE G.I.V.E. BACK NY 11 PROGRAM TO THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN A 12 MANNER AND FORM AS DETERMINED BY THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY. 13 3. IN AN EFFORT TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE G.I.V.E. 14 BACK NY PROGRAM, THE ASSEMBLY INTERN OFFICE AND THE SENATE INTERN OFFICE 15 SHALL COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH COUNTY VETERANS' SERVICES 16 AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY AND RECRUIT ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES. 17 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.