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Senate Bill S3701

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to creating a veterans' jobs website

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2017-S3701 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Exec L; amd §21, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5022
2019-2020: S3244
2021-2022: S5706

2017-S3701 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating a veterans' jobs website.

2017-S3701 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3701 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3701
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  ADDABBO, LATIMER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS --
   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  executive law and the labor law, in relation to
   creating a veterans' jobs website

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24. TO DEVELOP, JOINTLY WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, A WEBSITE WITH
 JOB  LISTINGS, JOB TRAINING MATERIALS, AND JOB SEARCH INFORMATION EXCLU-
 SIVELY FOR VETERANS, CARE GIVERS FOR DISABLED  VETERANS,  THE  IMMEDIATE
 FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF  DISABLED  VETERANS  AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF
 ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY STATIONED IN NEW YORK. THE  WEBSITE  SHALL  CONTAIN
 EMPLOYMENT  OPPORTUNITIES  THAT  ARE ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE
 AND NOT AVAILABLE ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE, JOB LISTING, BOARD, NEWSPAPER OR
 FORUM. THE WEBSITE SHALL BE INTERACTIVE  WHERE  APPLICANTS  CAN  PROVIDE
 RESUMES  OR  COMPLETE  JOB  APPLICATIONS  AND  CHECK THE STATUS OF THEIR
 APPLICATIONS AND REPORT THE OUTCOMES OF THEIR JOB SEARCHES.  THE COMMIS-
 SIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR SHALL DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR PROVID-
 ING EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE TO VETERANS, CARE GIVERS  FOR  DISA-
 BLED  VETERANS  AND  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBERS  OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY
 STATIONED IN NEW YORK.
   § 2. Section 21 of the labor law is amended by adding a  new  subdivi-
 sion 15 to read as follows:
   15. SHALL WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO DEVELOP A
 WEBSITE  AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW. IN ADDITION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ANALYZING
 THE CURRENT EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS, THE CARE GIVERS OF DISABLED VETERANS
 AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY  STATIONED  IN  NEW
 YORK; SUCH STUDY SHALL INCLUDE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, AN ANALYSIS OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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