Bill Text: NY S01504 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-25 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S01504 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01504-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1504

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs

        AN ACT to amend the business  corporation  law  and  the  not-for-profit
          corporation law, in relation to exempting veterans from the payment of
          certain fees relating to corporations

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

     1    Section 1. The business corporation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 104-B to read as follows:
     3  § 104-B. Veteran exemption from fees.
     4    (a)  As used in this section, "veteran" shall mean a person who served
     5  in the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard  and/or
     6  reserves thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard,
     7  New  York  guard, and/or New York naval militia and who (1) has received
     8  an honorable or general discharge from such service, or (2) has a quali-
     9  fying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-
    10  tive law, and has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct  or
    11  dishonorable  from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
    12  defined in section three hundred fifty of the  executive  law,  and  has
    13  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
    14  service; and such person is a resident of the state of New York  at  the
    15  time  undertaking  an  action  subject  to a fee pursuant to section one
    16  hundred four-A of this article.
    17    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no  veteran  shall  be
    18  required  to  pay  the  fees  otherwise  required by section one hundred
    19  four-A of this article within five years of (1) receiving  an  honorable
    20  or  general  discharge from military service, or (2) receiving confirma-
    21  tion from the division of veterans' services of a qualifying  condition,
    22  or (3) receiving confirmation from the division of veterans' services of
    23  their status as a discharged LGBT veteran.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03565-02-1
        S. 1504                             2

     1    (c)  Status  as  an eligible veteran pursuant to this section shall be
     2  documented pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the  commis-
     3  sioner of the department of state.
     4    §  2.  The  not-for-profit  corporation law is amended by adding a new
     5  section 104-B to read as follows:
     6  § 104-B. Veteran exemption from fees.
     7    (a) As used in this section, "veteran" shall mean a person who  served
     8  in  the United States army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard and/or
     9  reserves thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard,
    10  New York guard, and/or New York naval militia and who (1)  has  received
    11  an honorable or general discharge from such service, or (2) has a quali-
    12  fying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-
    13  tive  law,  and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or
    14  dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as
    15  defined  in  section  three  hundred fifty of the executive law, and has
    16  received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
    17  service;  and  such person is a resident of the state of New York at the
    18  time undertaking an action subject to a  fee  pursuant  to  section  one
    19  hundred four-A of this article.
    20    (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, no veteran shall be
    21  required to pay the fees  otherwise  required  by  section  one  hundred
    22  four-A  of  this article within five years of (1) receiving an honorable
    23  or general discharge from military service, or (2)  receiving  confirma-
    24  tion  from the division of veterans' services of a qualifying condition,
    25  or (3) receiving confirmation from the division of veterans' services of
    26  their status as a discharged LGBT veteran.
    27    (c) Status as an eligible veteran pursuant to this  section  shall  be
    28  documented  pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commis-
    29  sioner of the department of state.
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    31  it shall have become a law.