S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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595--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs -- reported favorably from said committee and
committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the not-for-profit
corporation law, in relation to exempting veterans from the payment of
certain fees relating to corporations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The business corporation law is amended by adding a new
section 104-B to read as follows:
§ 104-B. VETERAN EXEMPTION FROM FEES.
(A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON WHO (1) SERVED
IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD
OR (2) HAS SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY OR ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY AS A MEMBER
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR OTHER RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMED FORCES OR (3) IS A MEMBER OF THE STATE MILITIA AND IS CALLED OR
ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR THE STATE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION SIX OF THE MILITARY LAW AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED
UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH SERVICE, AND SUCH PERSON IS A
RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THE TIME UNDERTAKING AN ACTION
SUBJECT TO A FEE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO VETERAN SHALL BE
REQUIRED TO PAY THE FEES OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED
FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED
OR RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM MILITARY SERVICE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(C) STATUS AS AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
DOCUMENTED PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
§ 2. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a new
section 104-B to read as follows:
§ 104-B. VETERAN EXEMPTION FROM FEES.
(A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON WHO (1) SERVED
IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD
OR (2) HAS SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY OR ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY AS A MEMBER
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR OTHER RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMED FORCES OR (3) IS A MEMBER OF THE STATE MILITIA AND IS CALLED OR
ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR THE STATE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION SIX OF THE MILITARY LAW AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED
UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH SERVICE, AND SUCH PERSON IS A
RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THE TIME UNDERTAKING AN ACTION
SUBJECT TO A FEE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO VETERAN SHALL BE
REQUIRED TO PAY THE FEES OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED
FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED
OR RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM MILITARY SERVICE.
(C) STATUS AS AN ELIGIBLE VETERAN PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
DOCUMENTED PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
