Bill Text: NY S08111 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8111

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the "Vets to Vollies" program which encourages veterans or discharged military personnel to join their local fire department and emergency medical service agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S08111 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08111-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8111

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 8, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 veterans' services law, in relation to  establishing
          the "Vets to Vollies" program

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

     1    Section 1. The veterans' services law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 29-b to read as follows:
     3    §  29-b.  Vets  to vollies. 1. The department shall create a statewide
     4  vets to vollies program for counties that wish to  participate  in  such
     5  program.    The  purpose  of  such  program  is to encourage veterans or
     6  discharged military personnel to join their  local  fire  department  or
     7  emergency medical service agency.
     8    2.  Such  program shall collaborate and coordinate with all applicable
     9  county agencies to conduct extensive outreach programs within the  local
    10  community,  including  but not limited to, active military installations
    11  and local veteran service organizations. Such  outreach  programs  shall
    12  include  information  on  the  many  benefits and resources available to
    13  prospective volunteer first responders on a local  and  statewide  level
    14  and how to further become involved.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13288-03-4