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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A5167
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCHIMMINGER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Michael DenDekker
Michael Benedetto
David Buchwald
Angelo Santabarbara
multi-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Maritza Davila
Fred Thiele
2019-A5167 (ACTIVE) - Details
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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