Assembly Bill A8095A

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the division of veterans' services to maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board

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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-A8095 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6467
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Exec L

2019-A8095 - Summary

Directs the division of veterans' services to maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board program to provide written non-binding advisory opinions to veterans of the state of New York who are appealing their character of discharge from the discharge review board or the board for corrections of military or naval records for their branch of service on the federal level.

2019-A8095 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8095
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
   of veterans' services to maintain a discharge advisory board
 
   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 MAINTAIN A DISCHARGE UPGRADE ADVISORY BOARD WITHIN THE DIVISION
 TO  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NON-BINDING  ADVISORY  OPINIONS TO VETERANS OF THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK  APPEALING  THEIR  CHARACTER  OF  DISCHARGE  FROM  THE
 DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD OR THE BOARD FOR CORRECTIONS OF MILITARY RECORDS
 FOR THEIR BRANCH OF SERVICE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. INDIVIDUALS MAY SUBMIT
 AN APPLICATION WITH EVIDENCE, INCLUDING ALL  RELEVANT  DOCUMENTS,  WHICH
 SHALL  BE  REVIEWED  BY THE DISCHARGE UPGRADE ADVISORY BOARD IN A TIMELY
 MANNER. IF SUCH BOARD FINDS THE VETERAN'S APPLICATION  FOR  A  DISCHARGE
 UPGRADE  IS  MERITORIOUS, THEN THE BOARD WILL PROVIDE THE VETERAN WITH A
 WRITTEN OPINION ADVOCATING FOR THE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD OR  BOARD  FOR
 CORRECTIONS  OF  MILITARY  RECORDS  TO  GRANT THAT VETERAN'S APPEAL. THE
 DIVISION SHALL POST INFORMATION ON THE DISCHARGE UPGRADE ADVISORY  BOARD
 ON ITS OFFICIAL WEBPAGE. THE ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION ELEV-
 EN  OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, A LISTING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DISCHARGE  UPGRADE  ADVISORY  BOARD,
 THE  NUMBER OF CASES REVIEWED, AND THE NUMBER OF CASES WHERE A VETERAN'S
 APPLICATION WAS FOUND TO BE MERITORIOUS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13121-01-9

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2019-A8095A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6467
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Exec L

2019-A8095A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of veterans' services to maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board program to provide written non-binding advisory opinions to veterans of the state of New York who are appealing their character of discharge from the discharge review board or the board for corrections of military or naval records for their branch of service on the federal level.

2019-A8095A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8095--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BARRETT, D'URSO, BLAKE, CUSICK, ASHBY -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Veterans'  Affairs  --  reported
   and  referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and  recommitted  to  the
   Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the division
   of  veterans'  services to maintain a discharge upgrade advisory board
   program
 
   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 MAINTAIN A DISCHARGE UPGRADE ADVISORY BOARD PROGRAM WITHIN THE
 DIVISION TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NON-BINDING ADVISORY OPINIONS TO VETERANS OF
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPEALING THEIR CHARACTER OF  DISCHARGE  FROM  THE
 DISCHARGE  REVIEW BOARD OR THE BOARD FOR CORRECTIONS OF MILITARY RECORDS
 FOR THEIR BRANCH OF SERVICE ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. INDIVIDUALS MAY SUBMIT
 AN APPLICATION WITH EVIDENCE, INCLUDING ALL  RELEVANT  DOCUMENTS,  WHICH
 SHALL  BE  REVIEWED BY THE DISCHARGE UPGRADE ADVISORY BOARD PROGRAM IN A
 TIMELY MANNER. IF SUCH BOARD  FINDS  THE  VETERAN'S  APPLICATION  FOR  A
 DISCHARGE UPGRADE IS MERITORIOUS, THEN THE BOARD WILL PROVIDE THE VETER-
 AN  WITH  A WRITTEN OPINION ADVOCATING FOR THE DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD OR
 BOARD FOR CORRECTIONS OF MILITARY OR NAVAL RECORDS TO GRANT THAT  VETER-
 AN'S  APPEAL.  THE  DIVISION  SHALL  POST  INFORMATION  ON THE DISCHARGE
 UPGRADE ADVISORY BOARD PROGRAM  ON  ITS  OFFICIAL  WEBPAGE.  THE  ANNUAL
 REPORT  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  ELEVEN  OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONTAIN
 INFORMATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF CASES REVIEWED,
 AND THE NUMBER OF CASES WHERE A VETERAN'S APPLICATION WAS  FOUND  TO  BE
 MERITORIOUS.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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