NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3917

Senate Bill S3917

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and from November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for civil service credit

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2009-S3917 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8335
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §85, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S4691, A2613
2013-2014: A3201
2015-2016: A2585
2017-2018: A3282

2009-S3917 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and from November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for civil service credit.

2009-S3917 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3917

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to making the
Iranian Hostage Crisis "time of war" for civil service credit


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis from November
21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for civil
service credit.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends paragraph ( c) of subdivision 1 of §85 of the Civil
Service Law by adding two new subparagraphs 9 and 10 to read as
follows:

(9) Hostilities participated in by military forces of the United
States, known as the Iranian Hostage Crisis, in the Indian Ocean /
Iran / Yemen, from the eighth day of December, nineteen hundred
seventy-eight to the sixth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-nine,
as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the
navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.

(10) Hostilities participated in by military forces of the United
States in the Indian Ocean / Iran, from the twenty-first day of
November, nineteen hundred seventy-nine to the twentieth day of
October, nineteen hundred eighty-one, as established by receipt of the
armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the
Marine Corps expeditionary medal.

Section 2 allows the act to take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

U.S. Military veterans from New York State who defended Our country
during hostilities should have the ability to earn civil service
promotional points. Veterans who served in hostile actions during the
Lebanon, Granada, and Panama crises may be eligible for certain state
benefits, but those who served during the Iranian Hostage Crisis have
been overlooked and are not able to receive these same benefits. This
legislation will allow our brave solders to earn civil service credit
if they served during the Iranian Hostage Crisis from November 21,
1979 to October 20, 1981.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2007-08: Passed Senate/Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S3917 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3917

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. FLANAGAN, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER, VOLKER -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to making the Iranian
  Hostage Crisis "time of war" for civil service credit

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 9 and 10 to  read
as follows:
  (9)  HOSTILITIES  PARTICIPATED  IN  BY  MILITARY  FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES,  KNOWN  AS  THE  IRANIAN   HOSTAGE   CRISIS,   IN   THE   INDIAN
OCEAN/IRAN/YEMAN,  FROM  THE  EIGHTH  DAY  OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY-EIGHT TO THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE,
AS  ESTABLISHED  BY RECEIPT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, THE
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, OR THE MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL.
  (10) HOSTILITIES PARTICIPATED IN BY  MILITARY  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES  IN THE INDIAN OCEAN/IRAN, FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER,
NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE TO THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER,  NINETEEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE, AS ESTABLISHED BY RECEIPT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPED-
ITIONARY MEDAL, THE NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, OR THE MARINE CORPS EXPED-
ITIONARY MEDAL.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03372-01-9

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