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Assembly Bill A2585

2015-2016 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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2015-A2585 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1383
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง85, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8335
2011-2012: A2613
2013-2014: A3201, S6371
2017-2018: A3282, S174

2015-A2585 (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.

2015-A2585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2585

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Veterans' 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/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 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.
                                                           LBD02573-02-5

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