Bill Text: NY S03484 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends provisions of law relating to providing a recruitment incentive and retention program for certain active members of the New York army national guard, New York air national guard, and New York naval militia.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03484 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03484-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3484
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 23, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  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 chapter 268 of the laws of 1996, amending the  education
         law  and  the  state  finance  law relating to providing a recruitment
         incentive and retention program for certain active members of the  New
         York  army  national  guard, New York air national guard, and New York
         naval militia, in relation to  extending  the  effectiveness  of  such
         chapter
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 5 of chapter 268 of the laws of 1996, amending the
    2  education law and the state finance law relating to providing a recruit-
    3  ment incentive and retention program for certain active members  of  the
    4  New  York army national guard, New York air national guard, and New York
    5  naval militia, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter  56  of  the
    6  laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    7    S  5.  This act shall take effect January 1, 1997 and shall expire and
    8  be deemed repealed March 31, [2011] 2017; provided that any  person  who
    9  has  begun  to  receive the benefits of this act prior to its expiration
   10  and repeal shall be entitled to continue to receive the benefits of this
   11  act after its expiration and repeal until completion of a  baccalaureate
   12  degree  or  cessation  of  status  as an active member, whichever occurs
   13  first.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
   15  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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