Bill Text: NY S01214 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a New York State Korean War Service Medal.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-02 - referred to veterans' affairs [S01214 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01214-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1214--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  MARCHIONE, DeFRANCISCO, PANEPINTO, SEWARD -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland  Security  and  Military Affairs --
          recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and  Mili-
          tary  Affairs  in  accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of  a  New
          York State Korean War 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-c to read as follows:
     3    1-c.  The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present in the name
     4  of the legislature of the state of New York, a medal, to be known as the
     5  "New  York  State  Korean  War  Service  Medal",  bearing   a   suitable
     6  inscription,  to  any  person:  (i) who is a citizen of the state of New
     7  York, or (ii) who was a citizen of the state of New York  while  serving
     8  in the armed forces of the United States; (iii) who served in the United
     9  States  Armed Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps, or
    10  coast guard, or the organized militia on active duty abroad in the Kore-
    11  an War during the  period  of  time  from  June  twenty-fifth,  nineteen
    12  hundred fifty through July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty-three;
    13  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably  discharged  or  released under honorable
    14  circumstances during the Korean War. Not more than one  New  York  State
    15  Korean  War  Service  Medal  shall  be  awarded  or presented, under the
    16  provisions of this subdivision,  to  any  person  whose  entire  service
    17  subsequent  to the time of the receipt of such medal shall not have been
    18  honorable.  For each succeeding star as  provided  herein,  such  person
    19  shall  be  entitled  to  wear,  as  the  chief of staff of the state may
    20  direct, a ribbon whose color and design shall be selected by  the  divi-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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