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                                 1417--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to changing the eligibil-
  ity dates for a military service recognition  scholarship  to  include
  the conflicts that occurred after June 1, 1982 to December 31, 1987

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 668-e of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 106 of the laws of  2003,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  a.  Notwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred
sixty-one of this title, children, spouses and financial dependents of a
member of the armed forces of the United States or state organized mili-
tia who at any time ON OR AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN  HUNDRED
EIGHTY-TWO TO THE THIRTY-FIRST OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEV-
EN  OR  on  or  after the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety,
while in service in the armed forces of the United States, as defined by
subdivision eight of section one of the military law or in  a  force  of
the  state  organized militia, as defined in subdivision nine of section
one of the military law: (i) while a legal resident of New  York  state,
died,  became  severely  and  permanently  disabled or was classified as
missing in action in a combat theater or combat zone  of  operations  as
part  of  military  operations, or died as a result of injury or illness
suffered or incurred during such military service; or (ii) while a legal
resident of New York state, died  or  became  severely  and  permanently
disabled  as  a  result of injury or illness suffered or incurred during
military training operations in preparation for duty in a combat theater
or combat zone of operations.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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