Bill Text: NY S00291 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-11-10 - SIGNED CHAP.619 [S00291 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00291-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           291

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. TEDISCO, BORRELLO, HELMING, OBERACKER, ORTT, PALUM-
          BO, STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to establishing a
          veterans internship program (V.I.P. 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-A
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 6-A
     4                         VETERANS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
     5                                 (V.I.P. NY)
     6  Section 95. Veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY).
     7    § 95. Veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY).   1.  There  is  hereby
     8  established within the legislature a veterans internship program (V.I.P.
     9  NY) to provide opportunities for veterans to participate in the assembly
    10  youth participation program and the senate student program. Such program
    11  shall  award  ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth
    12  participation program and the senate student program to eligible  honor-
    13  ably discharged veterans.  Veterans who are awarded internships pursuant
    14  to  the  V.I.P. NY program shall receive a stipend that is equivalent to
    15  the stipend awarded to graduate student  participants  in  the  assembly
    16  youth  participation program and senate student program for a one semes-
    17  ter internship.
    18    2. To be eligible to participate in the V.I.P. NY program, a candidate
    19  shall:
    20    (a) be honorably discharged  from  the  armed  forces  of  the  United
    21  States;
    22    (b) be unemployed or underemployed;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02213-01-3
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     1    (c)  have  demonstrated  an  interest  in  future employment in public
     2  service, government or public policy; and
     3    (d)  submit  an application for participation in the V.I.P. NY program
     4  to the senate or assembly. Such application shall be made  in  a  manner
     5  and form as determined by the senate and the assembly.
     6    3. In an effort to foster and encourage participation in the V.I.P. NY
     7  program,  the  assembly intern office and the senate intern office shall
     8  coordinate with each other and with county veterans'  services  agencies
     9  to identify and recruit eligible candidates.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.