Bill Text: NY S02091 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-06-02 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1310B [S02091 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02091-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2091--C

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. JORDAN, ADDABBO, AKSHAR, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING,
          O'MARA -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
          Affairs  --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to first
          and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
          Affairs in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  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 Commemorative 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  governor is hereby authorized to present in the name of the
     4  legislature of the state of New York, a medal, to be known as  the  "New
     5  York   State   Korean  War  Commemorative  Medal",  bearing  a  suitable
     6  inscription, to any person: (i) who is a resident of the  state  of  New
     7  York,  or (ii) who was a resident 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  defined as the army national
    11  guard, the air national guard, the New York naval  militia  or  the  New
    12  York  guard,  on  active  duty  on  the Korean peninsula, its contiguous
    13  waters, or its airspace in the Korean War defined as the period of  time
    14  from  June  twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty through January thir-
    15  ty-first, nineteen  hundred  fifty-five;  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably
    16  discharged or released under honorable circumstances or who has a quali-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01390-07-2
        S. 2091--C                          2

     1  fying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-
     2  tive  law,  and received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonor-
     3  able discharge, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined  in  section
     4  three hundred fifty of the executive law, and received a discharge other
     5  than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge. No person shall receive more
     6  than  one New York State Korean War Commemorative Medal. In the event of
     7  the death of any person prior  to  the  receipt  of  such  commemorative
     8  medal,  such  commemorative  medal  shall be presented to the designated
     9  representative of the deceased. The adjutant  general,  in  consultation
    10  with the director of the division of veterans' services, shall make such
    11  rules  and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the proper presen-
    12  tation and distribution of such medals.
    13    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as  amended  by
    14  chapter 332 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    15    4.  This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient of
    16  the conspicuous service cross, the conspicuous service  star,  the  Cold
    17  War  Certificate  [or],  the New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service
    18  Certificate or the New York State Korean  War  Commemorative  Medal  has
    19  been a resident of the state of New York at the time of his or her entry
    20  into the United States army, air force, navy, or marine corps[, or nurs-
    21  es corps].
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    23  it  shall have become a law.  The division of military and naval affairs
    24  is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations  and  take
    25  any  other measures necessary to implement the provisions of this act on
    26  its effective date on or before such date.