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Assembly Bill A2569

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants status of combat veteran to veterans who served in the armed forces during operation restore hope in Somalia for the purposes of obtaining certain benefits

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2013-A2569 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง369, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7620
2011-2012: A938
2015-2016: A8469
2017-2018: A4403
2019-2020: A3789

2013-A2569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants status as a combat veteran to veterans who served in the armed forces in Somalia during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia for the purposes of obtaining any privileges and benefits that are available to combat veterans.

2013-A2569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2569

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, COLTON, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, CAMARA, ROBERTS,
  MILLER, HOOPER, GIBSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to veterans who partic-
  ipated in operation restore hope in Somalia

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

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 369 to
read as follows:
  S 369. OPERATION RESTORE HOPE; COMBAT STATUS. ANY VETERAN OF THE ARMED
FORCES  WHO  SERVED  IN SOMALIA DURING OPERATION RESTORE HOPE SHALL, FOR
THE PURPOSES OF OBTAINING  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  ANY  PRIVILEGE  OR  BENEFIT
GRANTED  TO  COMBAT  VETERANS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  CHAPTER  OR ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW, BE GRANTED THE STATUS  OF  COMBAT  VETERAN  AND  SHALL
OBTAIN ELIGIBILITY FOR ANY SUCH PRIVILEGE OR BENEFIT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06853-01-3

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