Senate Bill S2666

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2666
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of  a  New
   York State Korean War Service Medal

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 247 of the military law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 1-d to read as follows:
   1-D.  THE ADJUTANT GENERAL IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PRESENT IN THE NAME
 OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A MEDAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE
 "NEW  YORK  STATE  KOREAN  WAR  SERVICE  MEDAL",  BEARING   A   SUITABLE
 INSCRIPTION,  TO  ANY  PERSON:  (I) WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK, OR (II) WHO WAS A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  WHILE  SERVING
 IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES; (III) WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED
 STATES  ARMED FORCES, DEFINED AS ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, OR
 COAST GUARD, OR THE ORGANIZED MILITIA ON ACTIVE DUTY ABROAD IN THE KORE-
 AN WAR DURING THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  FROM  JUNE  TWENTY-FIFTH,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED FIFTY THROUGH JULY TWENTY-SEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE;
 AND  (IV)  WHO  WAS  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  OR  RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE
 CIRCUMSTANCES DURING THE KOREAN WAR. NOT MORE THAN ONE  NEW  YORK  STATE
 KOREAN  WAR  SERVICE  MEDAL  SHALL  BE  AWARDED  OR PRESENTED, UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  TO  ANY  PERSON  WHOSE  ENTIRE  SERVICE
 SUBSEQUENT  TO THE TIME OF THE RECEIPT OF SUCH MEDAL SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN
 HONORABLE.  FOR EACH SUCCEEDING STAR AS  PROVIDED  HEREIN,  SUCH  PERSON
 SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  WEAR,  AS  THE  CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE STATE MAY
 DIRECT, A RIBBON WHOSE COLOR AND DESIGN SHALL BE SELECTED BY  THE  DIVI-
 SION OF MILITARY AFFAIRS. IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF ANY PERSON DURING
 OR  SUBSEQUENT  TO THE RECEIPT OF SUCH CERTIFICATE IT SHALL BE PRESENTED
 TO SUCH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED AS MAY BE DESIGNATED.  THE  ADJU-
 TANT  GENERAL,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD08925-01-9

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 VETERANS' AFFAIRS, SHALL MAKE SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  AS  MAY  BE
 DEEMED  NECESSARY  FOR  THE PROPER PRESENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH
 MEDALS.
   §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as amended by
 chapter 332 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4. This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient  of
 the  conspicuous  service  cross, the conspicuous service star, the Cold
 War Certificate [or], the New York State Silver  Rose  Veterans  Service
 Certificate  OR  THE  NEW YORK STATE KOREAN WAR SERVICE MEDAL has been a
 resident of the state of New York at the time of his or her  entry  into
 the United States army, air force, navy, marine corps, or nurses corps.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law.  The division of military and naval affairs
 is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations  and  take
 any  other measures necessary to implement the provisions of this act on
 its effective date on or before such date.