Assembly Bill A5167

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes hire a vet grant program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5167 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7036
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 17-A §369-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9409, S6462
2017-2018: A4325, S3879
2021-2022: S142
2023-2024: S4060

2019-A5167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than one year and for not less than thirty-five hours each week; grants up to $5,000 for a qualified vet and $15,000 for a qualified vet who is disabled.

2019-A5167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5167
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER, DenDEKKER, BENEDETTO, BUCHWALD,
   SANTABARBARA,  STECK,  BLAKE,  COLTON,  COOK,  CUSICK,  OTIS,  WEPRIN,
   GUNTHER,  HUNTER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. ABBATE, DAVILA,
   THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the  hire
   a  vet  grant program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Article  17-A of the executive law is amended by adding a
 new section 369-f to read as follows:
   § 369-F. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAY-
 ERS IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE
 OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX  LAW,  WHERE  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY
 HIRES  AND  EMPLOYS,  FOR  NOT  LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND FOR NOT LESS THAN
 THIRTY-FIVE HOURS EACH WEEK, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE  STATE.  THE
 MUNICIPALITY  MAY  CLAIM  THE  GRANT  IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (A) WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED  STATES  ARMY,  NAVY,  AIR
 FORCE,  MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD OR THE RESERVES THEREOF, OR WHO SERVED
 IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A MEMBER OF THE  ARMY
 NATIONAL  GUARD,  AIR  NATIONAL  GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD OR NEW YORK NAVAL
 MILITIA; WHO WAS RELEASED FROM  ACTIVE  DUTY  BY  GENERAL  OR  HONORABLE
 DISCHARGE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE;
   (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO; AND
   (C)  WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT
 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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