Bill Text: NY A08120 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the presentation of the New York State September Eleventh Service Medal to residents of New York who were in the armed forces and participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site in response to the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two thousand one.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A08120 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08120-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8120

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 11, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN  ACT  to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of a New
          York State September Eleventh Service 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 adjutant general, subject to available appropriation authori-
     4  ty or with funds otherwise available, is hereby authorized to present in
     5  the name of the legislature of the state of New York,  a  medal,  to  be
     6  known  as the "New York State September Eleventh Service Medal", bearing
     7  a suitable inscription, to any person: (i) who  is  a  resident  of  the
     8  state  of  New York; or (ii) who was a resident of the state of New York
     9  while serving in the armed forces of the United States; (iii) who served
    10  in the United States Armed Forces, defined as  army,  air  force,  navy,
    11  marine  corps,  or  coast guard, or the organized militia on active duty
    12  and participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations  at  the
    13  World  Trade Center site in response to the World Trade Center attack on
    14  September eleventh,  two  thousand  one;  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably
    15  discharged  or released under honorable circumstances subsequent to such
    16  service. Not more than one New York  State  September  Eleventh  Service
    17  Medal shall be awarded or presented, under the provisions of this subdi-
    18  vision, to any person whose entire service subsequent to the time of the
    19  receipt of such medal shall not have been honorable. For each succeeding
    20  star  as  provided herein, such person shall be entitled to wear, as the
    21  chief of staff of the state may direct, a ribbon whose color and  design
    22  shall  be selected by the division of military and naval affairs. In the
    23  event of the death of any person during or subsequent to the receipt  of
    24  such  certificate  it  shall  be presented to such representative of the
    25  deceased as may be designated. The  adjutant  general,  in  consultation

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