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Assembly Bill A6780

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases annuity of blind veterans or spouses of deceased blind veterans to $1500 annually

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2011-A6780 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง362, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A9744

2011-A6780 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases annuity of blind veterans or spouse of deceased blind veteran to $1500 annually.

2011-A6780 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6780

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COOK,  SCHROEDER,  PHEFFER, COLTON, GUNTHER,
  GIBSON, MARKEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  M. MILLER,  NOLAN,
  SWEENEY  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the Committee on Veterans'
  Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the annuity
  of blind veterans or spouses of deceased blind veterans

  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 362 of the execu-
tive law, as amended by chapter 251 of the laws of 2004, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  a. Any veteran as defined in this article who has been or is hereafter
classified by the New York State commission for the visually handicapped
as  a  blind  person as defined in section three of chapter four hundred
fifteen of the laws  of  nineteen  hundred  thirteen,  as  amended,  and
continues  to  be  a  blind  person  within the meaning of that section,
shall, upon application to the director of  the  division  of  veterans'
affairs,  be paid out of the treasury of the state for such term as such
veteran shall be entitled thereto under the provisions of this  article,
the sum of one thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars annually, plus any applica-
ble annual adjustment, as provided in this section.
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 362 of the executive law,
as  amended  by  chapter  251 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  a. The unremarried spouse of a veteran who heretofore has died or  the
unremarried  spouse  of a veteran dying hereafter, such veteran being at
the time of her or his death a recipient of, or eligible for, the  bene-
fits  above  provided, shall, upon application to the director of veter-
ans' affairs, also be paid out of the treasury of the state the  sum  of
one  thousand  FIVE HUNDRED dollars annually, plus any applicable annual
adjustment, for such term as such unremarried spouse shall  be  entitled
thereto under the provisions of this article.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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