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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the civil service law, the education law, the executive
   law, the veterans' services law, the general business law,  the  mili-
   tary  law,  the  parks,  recreation and historic preservation law, the
   real property tax law, the social services law, the vehicle and  traf-
   fic law and the workers' compensation law, in relation to removing the
   requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain
   benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 55-c of the civil service law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  340  of  the  laws  of 2008, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The commission may determine up  to  five  hundred  positions  with
 duties  such  as can be performed by disabled veterans and veterans with
 disabilities who are found otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily
 the duties of any such position. Upon such determination, the said posi-
 tions shall be classified in the noncompetitive class, and may be filled
 only by veterans of the armed forces of the United  States  [who  served
 therein  during  time of war, as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision
 one of section eighty-five of this chapter], and (a)  who  establish  by
 appropriate  documentary  evidence  that  they are disabled veterans, as
 defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of  section  eighty-five  of
 this  chapter,  or (b) by those veterans, as defined in paragraph (a) of
 subdivision one of section eighty-five of this chapter, who  shall  have
 been certified by the employee health service of the department as being
 disabled but capable of performing the duties of said positions.  Prior-
 ity  in  certification  and  referral of both such disabled veterans and
 certified disabled but capable veterans shall be given to those veterans
 who received a wound in combat, as documented by  the  awarding  of  the
 purple  heart, as authorized by the United States department of defense,
 and that wound is the cause of, or a substantially  contributing  factor
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 to,  the  degree  of  impairment, who otherwise meet the requirements of
 this section. The number of veterans appointed pursuant to this  section
 shall not exceed five hundred.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75 of the civil service
 law,  as  amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) a person holding a position by permanent appointment or employment
 in the classified service of the state or in the several  cities,  coun-
 ties,  towns,  or  villages  thereof, or in any other political or civil
 division of the state or of a municipality,  or  in  the  public  school
 service,  or in any public or special district, or in the service of any
 authority, commission or  board,  or  in  any  other  branch  of  public
 service,  who  was  honorably  discharged  or  released  under honorable
 circumstances from the armed forces of the United States  including  (i)
 having  a qualifying condition as defined in section three hundred fifty
 of the executive law, and receiving a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  (ii) being a discharged LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 and receiving a discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such  service,  [having  served therein as such member in time of war as
 defined in section eighty-five of this chapter,] or  who  is  an  exempt
 volunteer  firefighter  as  defined in the general municipal law, except
 when a person described in this paragraph holds the position of  private
 secretary, cashier or deputy of any official or department, or
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75 of the civil service
 law,  as  amended  by section 36 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) a person holding a position by permanent appointment or employment
 in the classified service of the state or in the several  cities,  coun-
 ties,  towns,  or  villages  thereof, or in any other political or civil
 division of the state or of a municipality,  or  in  the  public  school
 service,  or in any public or special district, or in the service of any
 authority, commission or  board,  or  in  any  other  branch  of  public
 service,  who  was  honorably  discharged  or  released  under honorable
 circumstances from the armed forces of the United States  including  (i)
 having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the veterans'
 services  law,  and  receiving  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a
 discharge other than bad conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,
 [having  served  therein  as  such  member  in time of war as defined in
 section eighty-five of this chapter,] or  who  is  an  exempt  volunteer
 firefighter  as  defined  in  the  general  municipal law, except when a
 person described in this paragraph holds the position of private  secre-
 tary, cashier or deputy of any official or department, or
   § 4. Section 86 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 490 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 86. Transfer of veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters upon abol-
 ition  of  positions. If  the  position in the non-competitive or in the
 labor class held by any honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces
 of the United States or by any veteran of the armed forces of the United
 States released under honorable circumstances from such service  includ-
 ing  (i)  having  a  qualifying  condition  as  defined in section three
 hundred fifty of the executive law, and receiving a discharge other than
 bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  (ii)  being  a
 discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as defined in section three hundred fifty of
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 the executive law, and receiving a discharge other than bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable  from  such  service, [who served therein in time of war as
 defined in section eighty-five of this chapter,] or by an exempt  volun-
 teer  firefighter  as defined in the general municipal law, shall become
 unnecessary or be abolished for reasons of  economy  or  otherwise,  the
 honorably  discharged  veteran  or  exempt volunteer firefighter holding
 such position shall not be discharged from the public service but  shall
 be transferred to a similar position wherein a vacancy exists, and shall
 receive the same compensation therein. It is hereby made the duty of all
 persons  clothed  with  the  power  of appointment to make such transfer
 effective. The right to transfer herein conferred shall continue  for  a
 period  of one year following the date of abolition of the position, and
 may be exercised only where a vacancy exists in an appropriate  position
 to  which transfer may be made at the time of demand for transfer. Where
 the positions of more than one such veteran or  exempt  volunteer  fire-
 fighter  are abolished and a lesser number of vacancies in similar posi-
 tions exist to which transfer may be made, the veterans or exempt volun-
 teer firefighters whose positions are abolished  shall  be  entitled  to
 transfer to such vacancies in the order of their original appointment in
 the  service. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the
 position of private secretary, cashier or  deputy  of  any  official  or
 department.  This  section  shall  have no application to persons encom-
 passed by section eighty-a of this chapter.
   § 5. Section 86 of the civil service law, as amended by section 38  of
 part  PP  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 86. Transfer of veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters upon abol-
 ition of positions. If the position in the  non-competitive  or  in  the
 labor class held by any honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces
 of the United States or by any veteran of the armed forces of the United
 States  released under honorable circumstances from such service includ-
 ing (i) having a qualifying condition as defined in section one  of  the
 veterans' services law, and receiving a discharge other than bad conduct
 or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  (ii) being a discharged LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'  services  law,  and
 receiving  a  discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, [who served therein in time of war as defined in section eight-
 y-five of this chapter,]  or  by  an  exempt  volunteer  firefighter  as
 defined  in  the  general  municipal law, shall become unnecessary or be
 abolished for reasons of economy or otherwise, the honorably  discharged
 veteran  or exempt volunteer firefighter holding such position shall not
 be discharged from the public service but  shall  be  transferred  to  a
 similar  position  wherein  a vacancy exists, and shall receive the same
 compensation therein. It is hereby made the duty of all persons  clothed
 with the power of appointment to make such transfer effective. The right
 to  transfer  herein  conferred  shall continue for a period of one year
 following the date of abolition of the position, and  may  be  exercised
 only where a vacancy exists in an appropriate position to which transfer
 may  be  made at the time of demand for transfer. Where the positions of
 more than one such veteran or exempt volunteer firefighter are abolished
 and a lesser number of vacancies in similar  positions  exist  to  which
 transfer  may  be  made,  the  veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters
 whose positions are abolished shall be  entitled  to  transfer  to  such
 vacancies  in  the  order  of their original appointment in the service.
 Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the  position  of
 private secretary, cashier or deputy of any official or department. This
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 section  shall  have  no  application  to persons encompassed by section
 eighty-a of this chapter.
   § 6. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 360 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   c. Adopt and enforce campus rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent
 with  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law relating to parking, vehicular and
 pedestrian traffic, and safety. Such rules and regulations  may  include
 provisions  for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by towing
 or otherwise of vehicles parked  in  violation  of  such  rules  at  the
 expense  of the owner, the payment of fees for the registration or park-
 ing of such vehicles, provided that such campus  rules  and  regulations
 may provide that any veteran attending the state university as a student
 shall  be  exempt from any fees for parking or registering a motor vehi-
 cle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner or opera-
 tor of such vehicles for each violation of the regulations.  However, no
 such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity to be heard
 conducted by an officer or board designated by the  board  of  trustees.
 Such  fines,  in the case of an officer or employee of state university,
 may be deducted from the salary or wages of  such  officer  or  employee
 found  in  violation of such regulations, or in the case of a student of
 state university found in violation of such regulations, the  university
 may  withhold  his grades and transcripts until such time as any fine is
 paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" shall mean  a
 member of the armed forces of the United States who served in such armed
 forces [in time of war] and who (i) was honorably discharged or released
 under  honorable circumstances from such service, or (ii) has a qualify-
 ing condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of  the  execu-
 tive  law,  and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged  LGBT  veteran,
 as  defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service.
   § 7. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 360 of the education law,
 as  amended  by section 40 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
    c. Adopt and enforce campus rules and  regulations  not  inconsistent
 with  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law relating to parking, vehicular and
 pedestrian traffic, and safety. Such rules and regulations  may  include
 provisions  for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by towing
 or otherwise of vehicles parked  in  violation  of  such  rules  at  the
 expense  of the owner, the payment of fees for the registration or park-
 ing of such vehicles, provided that such campus  rules  and  regulations
 may provide that any veteran attending the state university as a student
 shall  be  exempt from any fees for parking or registering a motor vehi-
 cle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner or opera-
 tor of such vehicles for each violation of the regulations.  However, no
 such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity to be heard
 conducted by an officer or board designated by the  board  of  trustees.
 Such  fines,  in the case of an officer or employee of state university,
 may be deducted from the salary or wages of  such  officer  or  employee
 found  in  violation of such regulations, or in the case of a student of
 state university found in violation of such regulations, the  university
 may  withhold  his  or her grades and transcripts until such time as any
 fine is paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" shall
 mean a member of the armed forces of the United  States  who  served  in
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 such  armed forces [in time of war] and who (i) was honorably discharged
 or released under honorable circumstances from such service, or (ii) has
 a qualifying condition, as defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'
 services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged  LGBT  veteran,
 as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'  services law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service.
   §  8. Subdivision 5 of section 605 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5. Regents scholarships for [war] veterans. Regents  scholarships  for
 [war] veterans shall be awarded on a competitive basis, for study begin-
 ning  with  the  college  year  nineteen  hundred seventy-five--nineteen
 hundred seventy-six. Six hundred such scholarships shall be  awarded  in
 such  year to veterans of the armed forces of the United States who have
 served on active duty (other than for  training)  between  October  one,
 nineteen  hundred  sixty-one  and  March  twenty-nine,  nineteen hundred
 seventy-three, and who on the date by which applications are required to
 be submitted (a) have been released from such active duty on  conditions
 not other than honorable, or (b) have a qualifying condition, as defined
 in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and have received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in  section  three  hundred
 fifty of the executive law, and have received a discharge other than bad
 conduct  or  dishonorable  from such service. Such scholarships shall be
 allocated to each county in the state in the same ratio that the  number
 of  legal  residents  in  such  county, as determined by the most recent
 federal census, bears to the total number of  residents  in  the  state;
 provided,  however, that no county shall be allocated fewer scholarships
 than such county received during the year nineteen hundred  sixty-eight-
 -sixty-nine.
   §  9. Subdivision 5 of section 605 of the education law, as amended by
 section 42 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
    5.  Regents scholarships for [war] veterans. Regents scholarships for
 [war] veterans shall be awarded on a competitive basis, for study begin-
 ning with  the  college  year  nineteen  hundred  seventy-five--nineteen
 hundred  seventy-six.  Six hundred such scholarships shall be awarded in
 such year to veterans of the armed forces of the United States who  have
 served  on  active  duty  (other than for training) between October one,
 nineteen hundred  sixty-one  and  March  twenty-nine,  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-three, and who on the date by which applications are required to
 be  submitted (a) have been released from such active duty on conditions
 not other than honorable, or (b) have a qualifying condition, as defined
 in section one of the  veterans'  services  law,  and  have  received  a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (c) are discharged LGBT veterans, as  defined  in  section  one  of  the
 veterans'  services  law,  and  have received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service. Such  scholarships  shall  be
 allocated  to each county in the state in the same ratio that the number
 of legal residents in such county, as  determined  by  the  most  recent
 federal  census,  bears  to  the total number of residents in the state;
 provided, however, that no county shall be allocated fewer  scholarships
 than  such county received during the year nineteen hundred sixty-eight-
 -sixty-nine.
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   § 10. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of  section  668  of  the
 education law, as amended by chapter 580 of the laws of 1992, is amended
 to read as follows:
   Period  of military service. For a student to be eligible, the parent,
 or step-parent where the student is the dependent  of  the  step-parent,
 (i) must [have been a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal,
 the navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps expeditionary medal for
 participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grena-
 da  from October twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three to November
 twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or in Panama from  December
 twentieth,  nineteen  hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nine-
 teen hundred ninety] HAVE BEEN A MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES,  AND  WHO (A) WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER
 HONORABLE CONDITIONS, OR (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (C)  IS  A  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, or (ii) must have served on  regular  active
 duty  (other than for training) in the armed forces of the United States
 during part of one of the following periods:
   § 11. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 and paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
 section 669-a of the education law, paragraph  d  of  subdivision  1  as
 amended  by  chapter 490 of the laws of 2019 and paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion 2 as amended by section 3 of part N of chapter 57 of  the  laws  of
 2008, are amended to read as follows:
   d. "Other eligible [combat] veteran" means: an individual who (i) is a
 resident  of  this  state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United
 States [in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth, nine-
 teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces
 Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine  Corps  Expedi-
 tionary  Medal],  and (iii) was either discharged under honorable condi-
 tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under
 honorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as  defined  in  section
 three  hundred  fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   a. Tuition awards are available for all Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghan-
 istan and other eligible [combat] veterans, as  defined  in  subdivision
 one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of subdi-
 vision  four  of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, in approved
 undergraduate or graduate programs at degree  granting  institutions  or
 enrolled  in  approved  vocational training programs and who apply for a
 tuition assistance program award pursuant to section six hundred  sixty-
 seven of this subpart.
   §  12.  Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the education
 law, as amended by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   d. "Other eligible [combat] veteran" means: an individual who (i) is a
 resident  of  this  state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United
 States [in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth, nine-
 teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces
 Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine  Corps  Expedi-
 tionary  Medal],  and (iii) was either discharged under honorable condi-
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 tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under
 honorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion,  as  defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has
 received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  one  of
 the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 13. Subdivision 3 of section 350 of the executive law is amended  to
 read as follows:
   3. The term "veteran" means a person, male or female, resident of this
 state,  who  has  served  in the active military or naval service of the
 United States [during a war in which the United States engaged] and  who
 has  been  released  from  such  service  otherwise than by dishonorable
 discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve.
   § 14. Subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law is amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. A state veterans' service agency established by the division pursu-
 ant  to this article shall have power and it shall be its duty to inform
 military and naval authorities of the United States and  assist  members
 of  the  armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this state, and
 their families, in relation to (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational
 training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
 rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
 and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
 to members of the armed forces and [war] veterans  and  their  families,
 (4)  employment  and  re-employment  services,  and (5) other matters of
 similar, related or appropriate  nature.  The  state  veterans'  service
 agency  also  shall  perform such other duties as may be assigned by the
 state director.
   § 15. Subdivision 1 of section 13 of the  veterans'  services  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  state  veterans'  service  agency established by the department
 pursuant to this article shall have power and it shall be  its  duty  to
 inform  military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist
 members of the uniformed services and veterans,  who  are  residents  of
 this state, and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical  and  rehabilitation  services and facilities, (3) provisions of
 federal, state and local laws and regulations affording  special  rights
 and  privileges  to members of the uniformed services and [war] veterans
 and their families, (4) employment and re-employment services,  and  (5)
 other  matters  of  similar,  related  or  appropriate nature. The state
 veterans' service agency also shall perform such other duties as may  be
 assigned by the state commissioner.
   § 16. Subdivision 1 of section 358 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 482 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direc-
 tion of the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty  to
 inform  military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist
 members of the armed forces and veterans,  who  are  residents  of  this
 state,  and  their  families,  in  relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical and rehabilitation services and facilities,  (3)  provisions  of
 federal,  state  and local laws and regulations affording special rights
 and privileges to members of the armed forces  and  [war]  veterans  and
 their families, (4) employment and re-employment services, (5) the proc-
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 ess  of  submitting  an  application  for  a  discharge  upgrade  to the
 discharge upgrade advisory board, and  (6)  other  matters  of  similar,
 related  or  appropriate nature.  The local veterans' service agency may
 also  assist  families of members of the reserve components of the armed
 forces and the organized militia ordered into active duty to ensure that
 they are made aware of and are receiving all appropriate support  avail-
 able to them and are placed in contact with the agencies responsible for
 such  support,  including,  but not limited to, the division of military
 and naval affairs and other state  agencies  responsible  for  providing
 such support. The local veterans' service agency also shall perform such
 other duties as may be assigned by the state director.
   §  17.  Subdivision  1  of section 15 of the veterans' services law is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A local veterans' service agency shall have power under the  direc-
 tion  of the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty to
 inform military and naval authorities of the United  States  and  assist
 members  of  the  uniformed  services and veterans, who are residents of
 this state, and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical and rehabilitation services and facilities,  (3)  provisions  of
 federal,  state  and local laws and regulations affording special rights
 and privileges to members of the uniformed services and  [war]  veterans
 and  their  families, (4) employment and re-employment services, (5) the
 process of submitting an application for  a  discharge  upgrade  to  the
 discharge  upgrade  advisory  board,  and  (6) other matters of similar,
 related or appropriate nature. The local veterans'  service  agency  may
 also  assist  families  of  members  of  the  reserve  components of the
 uniformed services and the organized militia ordered into active duty to
 ensure that they are made aware of and  are  receiving  all  appropriate
 support  available  to  them and are placed in contact with the agencies
 responsible for such support, including, but not limited to,  the  divi-
 sion  of military and naval affairs and other state agencies responsible
 for providing such support. The  local  veterans'  service  agency  also
 shall  perform such other duties as may be assigned by the state commis-
 sioner.
   § 18. Subdivision 1 of section 364 of the executive law, as  added  by
 chapter  424  of the laws of 1961, paragraph a as amended by chapter 490
 of the laws of 2019, clause 7 of subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  a  as
 amended  by chapter 606 of the laws of 2021, and paragraph c as added by
 chapter 751 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   1. a. The word "veteran," as used in this article shall  be  taken  to
 mean  and include any person who is a resident of the state of New York,
 and who (i) has been or may be given an honorable, general  or  ordinary
 discharge  or  any  other  form  of  release from such service, except a
 dishonorable  discharge,  a  bad  conduct  discharge,   an   undesirable
 discharge,  a discharge without honor or a discharge for the good of the
 service, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three
 hundred fifty of this article, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of this article,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service[, and who (iv) was a recipient of the armed forces  expedi-
 tionary  medal, the navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps expedi-
 tionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon  from  June
 first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-seven,  in  Grenada  from  October twenty-third, nineteen hundred
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 eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or
 in Panama from December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to Janu-
 ary thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or (v) served on active  duty
 for  ninety days or more in the armed forces of the United States during
 any one of the following wars or hostilities:
   (1) in the Spanish-American war from the twenty-first  day  of  April,
 eighteen  hundred  ninety-eight  to  the eleventh day of April, eighteen
 hundred ninety-nine, inclusive;
   (2) in the Philippine insurrection or the China relief expedition from
 the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine  to  the  fourth
 day of July, nineteen hundred two, inclusive;
   (3) in the Mexican border campaign from the ninth day of May, nineteen
 hundred  sixteen, to the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred seventeen,
 inclusive;
   (4) in world war I from the  sixth  day  of  April,  nineteen  hundred
 seventeen  to  the  eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred eighteen,
 inclusive;
   (5) in world war II from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
 forty-one to the thirty-first day of December, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 six,  inclusive,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration
 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,
 or  as  a  civil  servant  employed  by the United States Army Transport
 Service (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation
 Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval Transportation Service; and who
 served satisfactorily as a  crew  member  during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
 fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in
 oceangoing,  i.e.,  foreign,  intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies and
 United States Army Groups in world war II during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (i)  was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty  of  this  article,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such  service,  or  (iii)  is  a  discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section three  hundred  fifty  of  this  article,  and  has  received  a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and  Aviation  Ground
 Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsid-
 iaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service
 during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,  December fourteenth, nineteen
 hundred forty-one through August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  and who (iv) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, or (v) has a qualifying condition,  as  defined  in  section
 three  hundred fifty of this article, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such  service,  or  (vi)  is  a
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 discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as defined in section three hundred fifty of
 this article, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable from such service;
   (6)  in  the  Korean  hostilities from the twenty-seventh day of June,
 nineteen hundred fifty to the  thirty-first  day  of  January,  nineteen
 hundred fifty-five, inclusive;
   (7)  in  the Vietnam conflict from the first day of November, nineteen
 hundred fifty-five to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred  seventy-
 five;
   (8)  in the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of August, nine-
 teen hundred ninety to the end of such conflict].
   b. The word "veteran" shall also mean any person who meets  the  other
 requirements  of  paragraph  a of this subdivision, who served on active
 duty for less than ninety days, if he or she was discharged or  released
 from  such service for a service-connected disability [or who served for
 a period of ninety consecutive days or more and  such  period  began  or
 ended  during any war or period of hostilities as defined in paragraph a
 of this subdivision].
   c. The term "active duty" as used in this article shall mean full time
 duty in the armed forces, other than active duty for training; provided,
 however, that "active duty" shall also include any period of active duty
 for training during which the individual concerned was disabled or  died
 from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during such period.
   §  19.  Subdivision  1  of section 23 of the veterans' services law is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. a. The word "veteran" means a veteran as defined in section one  of
 this  article who is a resident, and who (i) has been or may be released
 from such service under other than dishonorable conditions, or (ii)  has
 a  qualifying  condition, as defined in section one of this article, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such  service,  or  (iii)  is  a  discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section one of this article, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service[, and who (iv) was a recipient
 of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal or
 the marine corps expeditionary medal for participation in operations  in
 Lebanon  from  June  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three to December
 first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada  from  October  twenty-
 third,  nineteen hundred eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-three, or in Panama  from  December  twentieth,  nineteen
 hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or
 (v)  served  on  active  duty  for  ninety days or more in the uniformed
 services of the United States during any one of the  following  wars  or
 hostilities:
   (1)  in  the  Spanish-American war from the twenty-first day of April,
 eighteen hundred ninety-eight to the eleventh  day  of  April,  eighteen
 hundred ninety-nine, inclusive;
   (2) in the Philippine insurrection or the China relief expedition from
 the  eleventh  day  of April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine to the fourth
 day of July, nineteen hundred two, inclusive;
   (3) in the Mexican border campaign from the ninth day of May, nineteen
 hundred sixteen, to the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred  seventeen,
 inclusive;
   (4)  in  World  War  I  from  the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred
 seventeen to the eleventh day of November,  nineteen  hundred  eighteen,
 inclusive;
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   (5) in World War II from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
 forty-one  to  the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred forty-
 six, inclusive, or who was employed by the War  Shipping  Administration
 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 documented  by  the United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce,
 or as a civil servant employed  by  the  United  States  Army  Transport
 Service  (later  redesignated  as  the United States Army Transportation
 Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation  Service;  and  who
 served  satisfactorily  as  a  crew  member  during  the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
 fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels in
 oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise  service  as  such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican Field Service and served overseas under United  States  Armies  and
 United  States  Army  Groups  in World War II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (i) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section  one  of  this
 article,  and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or who served as a United States  civil-
 ian  Flight  Crew  and  Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American
 World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its  affiliates  and  served
 overseas  as  a  result  of  Pan  American's contract with Air Transport
 Command or Naval Air  Transport  Service  during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
 fourteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has  a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of this article, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in  section  one  of  this
 article,  and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct or
 dishonorable from such service;
   (6) in the Korean hostilities from the  twenty-seventh  day  of  June,
 nineteen  hundred  fifty  to  the  thirty-first day of January, nineteen
 hundred fifty-five, inclusive;
   (7) in the Vietnam conflict from the first day of  November,  nineteen
 hundred  fifty-five to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-
 five;
   (8) in the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of August,  nine-
 teen hundred ninety to the end of such conflict].
   b.  The  word "veteran" shall also mean any person who meets the other
 requirements of paragraph a of this subdivision, who  served  on  active
 duty  for less than ninety days, if he or she was discharged or released
 from such service for a service-connected disability [or who served  for
 a  period  of  ninety  consecutive days or more and such period began or
 ended during any war or period of hostilities as defined in paragraph  a
 of this subdivision].
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   c. The term "active duty" as used in this article shall mean full time
 duty  in  the  uniformed  services, other than active duty for training;
 provided, however, that "active duty" shall also include any  period  of
 active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disa-
 bled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during such
 period.
   §  20.  Paragraph  b  of subdivision 1 of section 366 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 743 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   b.  "Veteran"  means a person, male or female, resident of this state,
 who has served in the active military,  naval  or  air  service  of  the
 United  States [during a time of war in which the United States engaged]
 and who has been released from such service otherwise than by  dishonor-
 able discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve;
   §  21. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 32 of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every  member of the armed forces of the United States who (a) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (b) has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who is a
 resident of this state and a veteran [of any  war,  or  who  shall  have
 served  in  the  armed  forces  of  the United States overseas], and the
 surviving spouse of any such veteran, if a resident of the state,  shall
 have  the  right to hawk, peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchan-
 dise or solicit trade upon the streets and highways within the county of
 his or her residence, as the case may be, or if such county is  embraced
 wholly  by  a  city,  within  such city, by procuring a license for that
 purpose to be issued as herein provided. No part of the lands  or  prem-
 ises  under  the  jurisdiction  of the division of the state fair in the
 department of agriculture and markets, shall be deemed a street or high-
 way within the meaning of this section.
   2. Any such former member of the armed forces of the United States may
 present to the clerk of any county in which he has resided for a  period
 of at least six months, his original certificate of release or discharge
 from  active  duty,  or  a  copy thereof duly certified by the recording
 officer or a certificate in lieu of lost discharge issued by  a  depart-
 ment  of the armed forces of the United States which shall show that the
 person presenting it is a veteran [of any war, or  that  he  has  served
 overseas  in  the armed forces of the United States]. He shall also fill
 out a blank which shall when filled out state his name, residence at the
 time of application, nature of goods to be sold, and if the applicant is
 working on commission or percentage for any person, firm or corporation,
 the name and business address of such person, firm or corporation.  This
 statement shall be signed by the applicant in the presence of the county
 clerk,  or  a deputy designated by him, and the name on this application
 and on the original certificate of release or discharge from active duty
 shall be compared by the county clerk to  ascertain  if  the  person  so
 applying is the same person named in the original certificate of release
 or discharge from active duty. Such county clerk when so satisfied shall
 issue,  without  cost,  to such former member of the armed forces of the
 United States, a license certifying him to be entitled to  the  benefits
 of this section.
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   §  22.  Subdivision  1  of  section 32 of the general business law, as
 amended by section 55 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  member of the armed forces of the United States who (a) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (b) has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion,  as  defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one
 of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who is a resident of
 this state and a veteran [of any war, or who shall have  served  in  the
 armed forces of the United States overseas], and the surviving spouse of
 any  such  veteran,  if a resident of the state, shall have the right to
 hawk, peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade
 upon the streets and highways within the county of his or her residence,
 as the case may be, or if such county is  embraced  wholly  by  a  city,
 within  such  city, by procuring a license for that purpose to be issued
 as herein provided. No part of the lands or premises under the jurisdic-
 tion of the division of the state fair in the department of  agriculture
 and  markets,  shall be deemed a street or highway within the meaning of
 this section.
   § 23. Subdivision 2 of section 238 of the military law, as amended  by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Any  person,  except  members  of  the  armed forces of the United
 States, members of the organized militia of this  or  any  other  state,
 personnel  of  the  independent  military  organizations  designated  in
 section two hundred forty of this article, members of associations whol-
 ly composed of persons who (a) were honorably discharged from the  armed
 forces  of  the  United  States,  or (b) have a qualifying condition, as
 defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive  law,  and  have
 received  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from the
 armed forces of the United States, or (c) are discharged LGBT  veterans,
 as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and have
 received  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from the
 armed forces of the United States, and members  of  associations  wholly
 composed  of  sons  of  veterans  [of any war of the United States], who
 shall wear any uniform or any device, strap, knot  or  insignia  of  any
 design or character used as a designation of grade, rank or office, such
 as are by law or by regulation, duly promulgated, prescribed for the use
 of the organized militia or similar thereto; or,
   §  24.  Section  245 of the military law, as amended by chapter 490 of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 245. Retirement allowances of certain [war] veterans. Any member  of
 a  teachers' retirement system to which the city of New York is required
 by law to make contributions on account of such member  who  (i)  is  an
 honorably  discharged  member  of  any branch of the armed forces of the
 United States, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable,
 [having  served as such during the time of war] and who has attained the
 age of fifty years, may retire upon his own request upon written  appli-
 cation to the board setting forth at what time not less than thirty days
 subsequent to the execution and filing thereof he desires to be retired,
 provided  that  such  member at the time so specified for his retirement
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 shall have completed at least twenty-five years  of  allowable  service.
 Upon retirement such member shall receive an annuity of equivalent actu-
 arial  value  to his accumulated deductions, and, in addition, a pension
 beginning  immediately, having a value equal to the present value of the
 pension that would have become payable had he continued at  his  current
 salary  to  the  age  at  which  he would have first become eligible for
 service retirement, provided, however, that the said  member  on  making
 application  for  retirement shall pay into the retirement fund a sum of
 money which calculated on an actuarial basis, together  with  his  prior
 contributions  and  other accumulations in said fund then to his credit,
 shall be sufficient to entitle the said member to the same  annuity  and
 pension  that  he  would have received had he remained in the service of
 the city until he had attained the age at which he otherwise would  have
 first become eligible for service retirement.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any general,
 special  or  local  law  or  code  to the contrary, a member of any such
 teachers' retirement system who (i) is  separated  or  discharged  under
 honorable  conditions  from any branch of the armed forces of the United
 States, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section  three
 hundred  fifty  of the executive law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and  has
 received  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable, [having
 served as such during the time of war] and who has attained the  age  of
 fifty years, may retire upon his own request upon written application to
 the  board  setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days subse-
 quent to the execution and filing thereof, he  desires  to  be  retired,
 provided  that  such member at that time so specified for his retirement
 shall have completed at least twenty-five years  of  allowable  service.
 Upon  reaching  his  previously  selected  minimum  retirement age, such
 member shall receive an annuity of equivalent actuarial value,  at  that
 time,  to  his accumulated deductions, and, in addition, a pension based
 upon his credited years of allowable service, plus  the  pension-for-in-
 creased-take-home-pay,  if  any.  Should such member die before reaching
 his retirement age, then any beneficiary under a selected  option  shall
 be  eligible  for  benefits under such option at the date upon which the
 member would have reached his selected retirement age.
   § 25. Section 245 of the military law, as amended  by  section  72  of
 part  PP  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 245. Retirement allowances of certain [war] veterans. 1. Any  member
 of  a  teachers'  retirement  system  to  which  the city of New York is
 required by law to make contributions on account of such member who  (i)
 is  an  honorably discharged member of any branch of the armed forces of
 the United States, or (ii) has a qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
 section  one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
 other than bad conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) is  a  discharged  LGBT
 veteran,  as  defined  in section one of the veterans' services law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable, [having
 served as such during the time of war] and who has attained the  age  of
 fifty  years, may retire upon his or her own request upon written appli-
 cation to the board setting forth at what time not less than thirty days
 subsequent to the execution and filing thereof he or she desires  to  be
 retired,  provided  that such member at the time so specified for his or
 her retirement shall have completed at least twenty-five years of allow-
 able service. Upon retirement such member shall receive  an  annuity  of
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 equivalent actuarial value to his or her accumulated deductions, and, in
 addition,  a  pension beginning immediately, having a value equal to the
 present value of the pension that would have become payable  had  he  or
 she continued at his or her current salary to the age at which he or she
 would  have  first  become  eligible  for  service retirement, provided,
 however, that the said member on making application for retirement shall
 pay into the retirement fund a sum of money which calculated on an actu-
 arial basis, together with his or  her  prior  contributions  and  other
 accumulations  in  said  fund then to his or her credit, shall be suffi-
 cient to entitle the said member to the same annuity and pension that he
 or she would have received had he or she remained in the service of  the
 city  until  he or she had attained the age at which he or she otherwise
 would have first become eligible for service retirement.
   2. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  this  section  or  of  any
 general,  special  or local law or code to the contrary, a member of any
 such teachers' retirement system who  (i)  is  separated  or  discharged
 under  honorable  conditions  from any branch of the armed forces of the
 United States, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 one of the veterans' services law, and has received  a  discharge  other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'  services law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable,  [having
 served  as  such during the time of war] and who has attained the age of
 fifty years, may retire upon his or her own request upon written  appli-
 cation  to  the  board  setting forth at what time, not less than thirty
 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or  she  desires
 to  be  retired, provided that such member at that time so specified for
 his or her retirement shall have completed at least twenty-five years of
 allowable service. Upon reaching his or her previously selected  minimum
 retirement age, such member shall receive an annuity of equivalent actu-
 arial value, at that time, to his or her accumulated deductions, and, in
 addition,  a  pension  based upon his or her credited years of allowable
 service, plus the pension-for-increased-take-home-pay,  if  any.  Should
 such  member  die  before  reaching  his or her retirement age, then any
 beneficiary under a selected option shall be eligible for benefits under
 such option at the date upon which the member would have reached his  or
 her selected retirement age.
   § 26. Section 246 of the military law, as amended by chapter 43 of the
 laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
   § 246. Leave of absence for public employees who are [war] veterans to
 continue  study.    Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any law to the
 contrary, every public officer and employee, who  served  in  the  armed
 forces  of  the United States [on or after September sixteenth, nineteen
 hundred forty, and prior to the termination of hostilities in world  war
 II,  or  during the period of hostilities engaged in by the armed forces
 of the United States on and after June  twenty-fifth,  nineteen  hundred
 fifty,  or  who  served  in  the armed forces of the United States after
 January thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, and] who is  eligible
 under  the provisions enacted by the congress of the United States known
 as "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of nineteen  hundred  forty-four,"  or
 "Veterans'  Readjustment  Assistance Act of nineteen hundred fifty-two,"
 or "Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of nineteen hundred  sixty-six,"
 to  continue the pursuit of studies or to take a refresher or retraining
 course shall be granted a leave of absence from  his  position  for  the
 period  of  such course of study, not to exceed four years.  Such public
 officer or employee shall be reinstated  to  his  position  provided  he
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 makes  application  for  such  reinstatement within sixty days after the
 termination of such course of study.
   § 27. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
 law,  as  amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read
 as follows:
   § 13.19 Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any
 other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or any
 veteran  [of  the  wars  of the United States], who has at any time been
 awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the  purchase  of
 an automobile or is eligible for such an award shall be permitted to use
 any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation
 in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the gener-
 al  public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for the
 use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recreation.
   § 28. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of  section  458-a  of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e) "Veteran" means a person (i) who served in  the  active  military,
 naval, or air service [during a period of war, or who was a recipient of
 the  armed  forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine
 corps expeditionary medal, or  global  war  on  terrorism  expeditionary
 medal,] and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions,  or  (2)  has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three  hundred  fifty  of
 the  executive  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service, (ii) who  was  employed  by  the  War
 Shipping  Administration  or  Office  of Defense Transportation or their
 agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast  Guard
 or  Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United
 States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the  United  States
 Army  Transportation  Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 defense,  (iii)  who  served as a United States civilian employed by the
 American Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (1)  was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom  under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty  of  the  executive
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from  such  service,  or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 section three hundred fifty of the executive law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv)
 who  served  as a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground
 Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or  one  of  its  subsid-
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 iaries  or  its affiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service
 during the period  of  armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-
 five, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom  under  honorable
 conditions,  or  (2)  has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three  hundred  fifty  of
 the  executive  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service,  or  (v)  notwithstanding  any  other
 provision  of law to the contrary, who are members of the reserve compo-
 nents of the armed forces of the  United  States  who  (1)  received  an
 honorable  discharge or release therefrom under honorable conditions, or
 (2) has a qualifying condition, as  defined  in  section  three  hundred
 fifty  of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a  discharged  LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such  service,  but  are  still members of the reserve components of the
 armed forces of the United States provided that such  members  meet  all
 other qualifications under the provisions of this section.
   §  29.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
 property tax law, as amended by section 83 of part PP of chapter  56  of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  "Veteran"  means  a person (i) who served in the active military,
 naval, or air service [during a period of war, or who was a recipient of
 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary  medal,  marine
 corps  expeditionary  medal,  or  global  war on terrorism expeditionary
 medal,] and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one
 of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'  services  law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such  service,  (ii) who was employed by the War Shipping Administration
 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,
 or  as  a  civil  servant  employed  by the United States Army Transport
 Service (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation
 Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval Transportation Service; and who
 served satisfactorily as a  crew  member  during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
 fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in
 oceangoing,  i.e.,  foreign,  intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 defense,  (iii)  who  served as a United States civilian employed by the
 American Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (1)  was  discharged  or
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 released  therefrom  under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,  and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv) who served as a
 United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee
 of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affil-
 iates and served overseas as a result of Pan  American's  contract  with
 Air  Transport  Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period
 of armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (1) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2)  has
 a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section one of the veterans'
 services law, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable  from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (v)  notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, who are
 members of the reserve components of the  armed  forces  of  the  United
 States  who  (1)  received  an  honorable discharge or release therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as  defined  in  section  one  of  the
 veterans'  services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, but are still members of  the
 reserve  components  of  the  armed forces of the United States provided
 that such members meet all other qualifications under the provisions  of
 this section.
   §  30.  Subdivision  1  of  section 168 of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. Veteran means a person, male or female, who has served in the armed
 forces  of the United States [in time of war], or who was a recipient of
 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine
 corps expeditionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon
 from  June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October  twenty-third,  nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-three  to  November twenty-first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three, or in Panama from  December  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-nine  to  January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who
 (1) has been honorably discharged or released  under  honorable  circum-
 stances  from  such  service  or furloughed to the reserve, or (2) has a
 qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty  of  the
 executive  law,  and  has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as
 defined  in  section  three  hundred fifty of the executive law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service.
   §  31.    Subdivision  1 of section 168 of the social services law, as
 amended by section 86 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Veteran means a person, male or female, who has served in the armed
 forces  of the United States [in time of war], or who was a recipient of
 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine
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 corps expeditionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon
 from  June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October  twenty-third,  nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-three  to  November twenty-first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three, or in Panama from  December  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-nine  to  January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who
 (1) has been honorably discharged or released  under  honorable  circum-
 stances  from  such  service  or furloughed to the reserve, or (2) has a
 qualifying condition,  as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'
 services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  32.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 601 of the laws of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Registration  of vehicles owned by severely disabled veterans. The
 commissioner shall assign to such motor vehicles, including any vans  or
 pick-up  trucks used for transporting handicapped veterans which are not
 used for commercial purposes and which are owned by such veterans  or  a
 not-for-profit  corporation  serving such veterans, a distinctive number
 and issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner  may  prescribe
 to  the  owner  a  certification  of  registration,  in such form as the
 commissioner shall prescribe and  two  number  plates,  called  disabled
 veteran  plates.  Said severely disabled veteran plates shall conform to
 the requirements of section four hundred one of this chapter, but  shall
 bear  distinctive  marks  to  distinguish  them from number plates to be
 issued to other persons, qualifying under this  [chapter]  ARTICLE.  The
 commissioner  in  his  discretion, may issue, for any registration year,
 only one plate as a set for a motor vehicle, in which  event  a  set  of
 severely  disabled  veteran  plates for a motor vehicle shall consist of
 one plate. Where a severely disabled veteran owns more than one  vehicle
 and such vehicle or vehicles is or are used by severely disabled members
 of  the owner's family who reside with the owner, the commissioner shall
 issue one set of plates for each additional vehicle used by such severe-
 ly disabled veteran, provided that such user  qualifies  as  a  severely
 disabled veteran in the manner required by this section. For purposes of
 this  subdivision,  the  term "severely disabled veteran" shall mean any
 member of the armed forces of the United States [who served in  time  of
 war,  as  defined  in section eighty-five of the civil service law, and]
 whose disability qualifies him as a severely disabled person within  the
 meaning of such term as defined in subdivision four of this section.
   §  33.  Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 6 of section 54 of the work-
 ers' compensation law, as amended by chapter 205 of the  laws  of  1993,
 are amended to read as follows:
   f.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph a of this subdivision
 or any other provision of this chapter, any executive officer of a reli-
 gious, charitable or educational  corporation  and  the  officers  of  a
 municipal  corporation, and officers of any post or chapter of organiza-
 tions of veterans [of any war] of the United States may be brought with-
 in the coverage of the insurance contract as if they were  employees  by
 any  such  corporation  filing  with  the insurance carrier, upon a form
 prescribed by the chair of the workers'  compensation  board,  a  notice
 that  the  corporation elects to bring one or more executive officers of
 such corporation named in the notice within the coverage of  this  chap-
 ter.  Such  election  shall  be  effective  with respect to all policies
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 issued to such corporation by such insurance carrier as long as it shall
 continuously insure the corporation. If such  election  is  revoked,  it
 shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the chair and filed with the
 chair  and  with  the  insurance carrier and a copy thereof furnished to
 each officer as to whom such  revocation  is  applicable,  upon  a  form
 prescribed  by  the  chair. Such revocation shall not be effective until
 thirty days after such filing. The estimation  of  the  wage  values  of
 executive  officers  within the coverage of the insurance contract shall
 be reasonable and separately stated and added to the  valuation  of  the
 payrolls upon which the premium is computed.
   g. The executive officers brought within the coverage of the insurance
 contract,  and  the dependents of any such executive officers, including
 executive officers of religious, charitable or educational  corporations
 and  officers  of  municipal  corporations,  and officers of any post or
 chapter of organizations of veterans [of any war] of the  United  States
 that  have  elected  to  bring their officers within the coverage of the
 policy, shall have the same rights and  remedies  as  any  employee  and
 shall  be  entitled to compensation and medical care as provided by this
 chapter, and the insurance carrier shall  be  liable  therefor  and  for
 payments  into the special funds provided in this chapter as in the case
 of an employee. The executive officers who may  be  brought  within  the
 coverage  of  an insurance contract shall include an officer of a corpo-
 ration who at all times during the period involved between them owns all
 of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation and holds all  of
 the  offices  pursuant to paragraph (e) of section seven hundred fifteen
 of the business corporation law or two executive officers  of  a  corpo-
 ration  who at all times during the period involved between them own all
 of the issued and outstanding stock of such  corporation  and  hold  all
 such  offices  and who is the executive officer or who are the executive
 officers of a corporation that has no other persons  who  are  employees
 required to be covered under this chapter.
   §  34.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
 sections three, five, seven, nine, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen,
 twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-nine and thirty-one of  this  act  shall
 take  effect on the same date and in the same manner as part PP of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2022 take effect; provided further, however,  that
 the amendments to article 17 of the executive law made by sections thir-
 teen,  fourteen,  sixteen,  eighteen  and  twenty  of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of such article and shall be  deemed  repealed  there-
 with.