Senate Bill S8792

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to certificates of honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States

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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-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10196
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §353, Exec L; amd §250, Mil L; amd §79-g, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8567, A1782
2023-2024: S5416, A3093

2019-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certificates of honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States; provides that such certificates shall be forwarded to the appropriate local veterans' service agency within 60 days of receipt.

2019-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8792 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8792
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, the military law and the civil rights
   law, in relation to  certificates  of  honorable  separation  from  or
   service in the armed forces of the United States
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 24 of section 353 of  the  executive  law,  as
 added by chapters 481 and 571 of the laws of 2019, are renumbered subdi-
 visions 25 and 26 and a new subdivision 27 is added to read as follows:
   27.  A  CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY WHICH WAS
 ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND DELIVERED  TO  THE  DIVISION,
 SHALL  BE  FORWARDED  TO THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL VETERANS' SERVICE AGENCY,
 BASED UPON THE MAILING ADDRESS AFTER SEPARATION NOTED  ON  SUCH  CERTIF-
 ICATE, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF RECEIPT. SUCH TRANSMISSION MAY BE MADE ELEC-
 TRONICALLY.   INFORMATION   CONTAINED  IN  SUCH  CERTIFICATES  SHALL  BE
 PROTECTED AS PERSONAL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UNDER  ARTICLE  SIX-A  OF
 THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL, AND
 USED  ONLY FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE WITH REGARDS TO STATE BENEFITS
 AND ENTITLEMENTS UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.
   § 2. Section 250 of the military law, as amended by chapter 298 of the
 laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 250. Recording certificates of honorable discharge. Any  certificate
 issued  after  April sixth, nineteen hundred seventeen, of the honorable
 separation from or service in the armed forces of the United  States  of
 any  veteran,  may  be  recorded in any one county, in the office of the
 county clerk, and when so recorded shall constitute notice to all public
 officials of the facts set forth therein. It shall be the  duty  of  the
 county clerk to record the certificate upon presentation thereof without
 the  payment  of any fee. For any purpose for which the original certif-
 icate may be required in the state of New York, a certified copy of  the
 record shall be deemed sufficient and shall be accepted in lieu thereof.
 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, it shall be the duty
 of  the  county  clerk  of each county, to furnish without charge to any
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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