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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Mar 21, 2017 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S5327
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 32nd Senate District
2017-S5327 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7570
- Current Committee:
- Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §367, Exec L
2017-S5327 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5327 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the criteria for the annuity paid to gold star parents PURPOSE OF THE BILL : This bill would amend the Executive Law to expand eligibility for the Gold-Star Parent Annuity. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of this bill would amend Executive L. § 367(1)(a) to expand access to the Gold Star Annuity program. Section 2 would establish an immediate effective date. JUSTIFICATION : The Gold Star Parent Annuity is an important recognition from the State. The Annuity honors the decedent's service and the sacrifice that both the deceased Servicemember and his or her parents endured. Under current law, a Gold Star Parent - the parent of a child killed in combat - shall receive a Gold Star Parent Annuity of $500. Exec. L. § 367 defines "parent" as the decedent's "mother, father,
2017-S5327 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5327 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 21, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- (at request of the Division of Veterans Affairs) -- 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, in relation to the criteria for the annuity paid to gold star parents 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 367 of the execu- tive law, as added by chapter 399 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (a) A parent, identified in 10 USC 1126 as a gold star parent, of a veteran who heretofore has died or parent of a veteran dying hereafter, shall upon application to the state director, be paid an annual annuity out of the treasury of the state for the sum of five hundred dollars for such term as such parent shall be entitled thereto under the provisions of this article. [In no event shall such annual annuity payment exceed one thousand dollars per veteran.] The term "parent" for the purposes of this section includes mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother through adoption and father through adoption. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10127-01-7
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