S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1417--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 30, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to changing the eligibil- ity dates for a military service recognition scholarship to include the conflicts that occurred after June 1, 1982 to December 31, 1987 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 668-e of the educa- 2 tion law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 a. Notwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred 5 sixty-one of this title, children, spouses and financial dependents of a 6 member of the armed forces of the United States or state organized mili- 7 tia who at any time ON OR AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN HUNDRED 8 EIGHTY-TWO TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEV- 9 EN OR on or after the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety, 10 while in service in the armed forces of the United States, as defined by 11 subdivision eight of section one of the military law or in a force of 12 the state organized militia, as defined in subdivision nine of section 13 one of the military law: (i) while a legal resident of New York state, 14 died, became severely and permanently disabled or was classified as 15 missing in action in a combat theater or combat zone of operations as 16 part of military operations, or died as a result of injury or illness 17 suffered or incurred during such military service; or (ii) while a legal 18 resident of New York state, died or became severely and permanently 19 disabled as a result of injury or illness suffered or incurred during 20 military training operations in preparation for duty in a combat theater 21 or combat zone of operations. 22 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04746-06-9