Bill Text: NY A03549 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides free tuition expenses for SUNY or CUNY to surviving dependent family members of NYS military personnel who have died while performing official military duties.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 31-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - enacting clause stricken [A03549 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03549-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3549

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 27, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HAWLEY,  BARCLAY, PERRY, GUNTHER, MONTESANO,
          DiPIETRO, BRABENEC, FITZPATRICK, ASHBY, SMULLEN, WALSH, NORRIS,  MANK-
          TELOW, B. MILLER, M. MILLER, WALCZYK, WOERNER, EPSTEIN, FRIEND, BLANK-
          ENBUSH,  TAGUE,  PALMESANO,  J. M. GIGLIO, BYRNES, MORINELLO, MIKULIN,
          SMITH, BARNWELL, BYRNE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing scholarships
          for  surviving  dependent  family  members  of New York state military
          personnel who have died while performing official military duties

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

     1    Section 1. Section 668-e of the education law, as added by chapter 106
     2  of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §   668-e.   Military  enhanced  recognition,  incentive  and  tribute
     4  ("MERIT") scholarships. 1. Eligible persons. a.  Notwithstanding  subdi-
     5  visions  three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this [title]
     6  part, children, spouses and financial dependents  of  a  member  of  the
     7  armed  forces of the United States or state organized militia who at any
     8  time on or after the second day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred  ninety,
     9  while in service in the armed forces of the United States, as defined by
    10  subdivision  eight  of  section one of the military law or in a force of
    11  the state organized militia, as defined in subdivision nine  of  section
    12  one  of  the military law: (i) while a legal resident of New York state,
    13  died, became severely and permanently  disabled  or  was  classified  as
    14  missing  in  action [in a combat theater or combat zone of operations as
    15  part of military operations, or died as a result of  injury  or  illness
    16  suffered or incurred during such military service] in the performance of
    17  his  or  her official duties; or (ii) while a legal resident of New York
    18  state, died or became severely and permanently disabled as a  result  of
    19  injury  or  illness  suffered or incurred during military training oper-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02082-01-1
        A. 3549                             2

     1  ations in preparation for duty in a combat theater  or  combat  zone  of
     2  operations.
     3    b.  A  member of the armed forces of the United States who: (i) became
     4  severely and permanently disabled as a result of service  in  the  armed
     5  forces  of the United States, as defined by subdivision eight of section
     6  one of the military law, [in a combat theater or combat  zone  of  oper-
     7  ations]  in  the  performance  of  his or her official duties as part of
     8  military operations at any time on or after the second  day  of  August,
     9  nineteen hundred ninety; and (ii) was a legal resident of New York state
    10  at the time of military service.
    11    c.  A  member of the armed forces of the United States who: (i) became
    12  severely and permanently disabled as  a  result  of  injury  or  illness
    13  suffered or incurred during military training operations [in preparation
    14  for  duty  in  a  combat  theater  or  combat zone of operations] in the
    15  performance of his or her official duties; and (ii) was a legal resident
    16  of New York state at the time of military service.
    17    d. A member of the state organized militia who:  (i)  became  severely
    18  and  permanently  disabled  as a result of injury or illness suffered or
    19  incurred during active military service, as defined in  subdivision  six
    20  of  section one of the military law related to duty [in a combat theater
    21  or combat zone of operations] in the performance of his or her  official
    22  duties;  and  (ii) was a legal resident of New York state at the time of
    23  active military service.
    24    2. Amount. The president shall grant annual  scholarships  in  amounts
    25  determined  in accordance with subdivisions two and three of section six
    26  hundred sixty-eight-d of this part.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.