STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5372--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, ASHBY, HELMING, MARTINEZ, WEIK -- 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 and committed to the Committee on Finance -- 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 Afghanistan War Commemorative Medal The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-d of section 247 of the military law, as 2 added by chapter 583 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered 1-e and a new 3 subdivision 1-f is added to read as follows: 4 1-f. The governor is hereby authorized to present in the name of the 5 legislature of the state of New York, a medal, to be known as the "New 6 York State Afghanistan War Commemorative Medal", bearing a suitable 7 inscription, to any person: (i) who is a resident of the state of New 8 York; or who was a resident of the state of New York while serving in 9 the armed forces of the United States; (ii) who served in the United 10 States Armed Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps, or 11 coast guard, on active duty in Afghanistan at any time during the period 12 from October seventh, two thousand one through August thirtieth, two 13 thousand twenty-one; and (iii) who was discharged under honorable condi- 14 tions or who has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of 15 the veterans' services law, and received a discharge other than bad 16 conduct or dishonorable discharge, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as 17 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and received a 18 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge. No person 19 shall receive more than one New York State Afghanistan War Commemorative 20 Medal. In the event of the death of any eligible person prior to the 21 receipt of such commemorative medal, such commemorative medal shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00341-05-3S. 5372--A 2 1 presented to the designated representative of the deceased. The adjutant 2 general, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of 3 veterans' services, shall make such rules and regulations as may be 4 deemed necessary for the proper presentation and distribution of such 5 medals. 6 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as separately 7 amended by chapters 582 and 583 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read 8 as follows: 9 4. This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient of 10 the conspicuous service cross, the conspicuous service star, the Cold 11 War Certificate, the New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certif- 12 icate, the New York State Afghanistan War Commemorative Medal or the New 13 York State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal or the New York State Korean 14 War Commemorative Medal has been a resident of the state of New York at 15 the time of his or her entry into the United States army, air force, 16 navy, or marine corps. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 18 the date on which it shall have become a law. The division of military 19 and naval affairs is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and 20 regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement the 21 provisions of this act on its effective date on or before such date.