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Senate Bill S5788

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides to the issuance of a Cold War Certificate to resident veterans who served honorably in the armed forces between September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991

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2011-S5788 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7379
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง247, Mil L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
S2574, A5890

2011-S5788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the issuance of a Cold War Certificate to resident veterans who served honorably in the armed forces between September 2, 1945 and December 26, 1991.

2011-S5788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5788

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 16, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of a  Cold
  War certificate

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

  Section 1. Section 247 of the military law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
  1-B.  THE ADJUTANT GENERAL IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PRESENT IN THE NAME
OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A CERTIFICATE, TO BE  KNOWN
AS  THE  "COLD  WAR CERTIFICATE", BEARING A SUITABLE INSCRIPTION, TO ANY
PERSON: (I) WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR (II) WHO WAS  A
CITIZEN  OF  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE UNITED STATES; (III) WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED  STATES  ARMED  FORCES
DURING  THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  FROM  SEPTEMBER  SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED
FORTY-FIVE THROUGH DECEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH, NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-ONE,
COMMONLY  KNOWN  AS  THE  COLD  WAR  ERA;  AND  (IV)  WHO  WAS HONORABLY
DISCHARGED OR RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES DURING THE COLD WAR
ERA. NOT MORE  THAN  ONE  COLD  WAR  CERTIFICATE  SHALL  BE  AWARDED  OR
PRESENTED, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TO ANY PERSON WHOSE
ENTIRE SERVICE SUBSEQUENT TO THE TIME OF THE RECEIPT OF SUCH MEDAL SHALL
NOT  HAVE BEEN HONORABLE. IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF ANY PERSON DURING
OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE RECEIPT OF SUCH CERTIFICATE IT SHALL  BE  PRESENTED
TO  SUCH  REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED AS MAY BE DESIGNATED. THE ADJU-
TANT GENERAL, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF
VETERANS'  AFFAIRS,  SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  RULES  AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER PRESENTATION  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  THE
CERTIFICATE.
  S  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as amended by
chapter 184 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07588-02-1

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