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                                    45
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, GIANARIS, KRUEGER, MAYER, MONTGOM-
   ERY, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
   Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "New York
   State Restoration of Honor Act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 State Restoration of Honor Act".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new article 17-C to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 17-C
                  NEW YORK STATE RESTORATION OF HONOR ACT
 SECTION 369-L. DEFINITIONS.
         369-M. ELIGIBILITY  OF  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS FOR STATE BENE-
                FITS.
         369-N. ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION FOR DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS.
         369-O. COOPERATION AND FACILITIES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
   § 369-L. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "DIVISION" MEANS THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
   2. "STATE DIRECTOR" MEANS THE NEW YORK  STATE  DIRECTOR  OF  VETERANS'
 AFFAIRS.
   3.  "VETERAN"  MEANS  A  RESIDENT  OF THIS STATE WHO HAS SERVED IN THE
 ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING  A  WAR  IN
 WHICH  THE  UNITED  STATES  ENGAGED  AND WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH
 SERVICE.
   4. "DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A VETERAN WHO  WAS  DISCHARGED
 LESS  THAN  HONORABLY FROM MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE DUE TO THEIR SEXUAL
 ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION,  OR  STATEMENTS,  CONSENSUAL
 
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 SEXUAL  CONDUCT,  OR  CONSENSUAL  ACTS  RELATING  TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, OR THE  DISCLOSURE  OF  SUCH  STATEMENTS,
 CONDUCT,  OR  ACTS, THAT WERE PROHIBITED BY THE ARMED FORCES AT THE TIME
 OF DISCHARGE.
   5.  "ARMED  FORCES"  MEANS THE MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES.
   § 369-M. ELIGIBILITY OF DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS FOR  STATE  BENEFITS.
 1.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW, NO VETERAN SHALL BE
 DENIED ELIGIBILITY FOR ANY PROGRAM, SERVICE,  BENEFIT,  OR  ACTIVITY  OF
 DEPARTMENTS,  DIVISIONS, BOARDS, BUREAUS, COMMISSIONS OR AGENCIES OF THE
 STATE OR OF  ANY  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OF  THE  STATE  THAT  PROVIDES
 SERVICES  OR  FACILITIES  TO  VETERANS FOR WHICH THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE
 ELIGIBLE, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE VETERAN'S STATUS  AS  A  DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERAN.
   2. A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY ISSUED BY THE DIVISION TO A DISCHARGED
 LGBT  VETERAN  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-N OF THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL BE SUFFICIENT PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ANY  SUCH  PROGRAM,
 SERVICE, BENEFIT, OR ACTIVITY.
   §  369-N.  ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION FOR DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS.  1.
 TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE-M OF THIS
 ARTICLE, THE DIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT AND  UNIFORM  PROCESS
 FOR  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  CERTIFICATES  OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERANS TO ACT AS PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ANY PROGRAM, SERVICE,  BENE-
 FIT, OR ACTIVITY OF THE STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.
   2. A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN SEEKING SUCH A CERTIFICATE OF ELIGIBILITY
 SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EITHER:
   (A)  DOCUMENTS  CONSISTING  OF:  (I) A COPY OF THE VETERAN'S DISCHARGE
 PAPERS; (II) A PERSONAL AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES  SURROUNDING  THE
 DISCHARGE;  AND  (III) ANY RELEVANT RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE DISCHARGE;
 OR
   (B) A PERSONAL AFFIDAVIT: (I) OF  THE  CIRCUMSTANCES  SURROUNDING  THE
 DISCHARGE;  AND (II) CERTIFYING THAT THE VETERAN DOES NOT HAVE THE DOCU-
 MENTS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   3. IF A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN PROVIDES THE DIVISION WITH AN  AFFIDA-
 VIT  DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE
 DIVISION MAY ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE THE DOCUMENTS  SPECIFIED  IN  PARAGRAPH
 (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 OF  DEFENSE. IN NO CASE, HOWEVER, SHALL THE ABSENCE OF SUCH DOCUMENTS BE
 CONSIDERED A REASON TO DENY A VETERAN A CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   4. A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN SHALL  ONLY  RECEIVE  SUCH  CERTIFICATION
 FROM  THE  DIVISION  IF, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR ORIGINAL DISCHARGE, THERE
 WERE NO AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD HAVE INDEPENDENTLY LED TO A
 DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION THAT WAS LESS THAN HONORABLE.
   5. THE DIVISION SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR
 OBTAINING CERTIFICATES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERANS  ON
 THE DIVISION'S WEBSITE.
   6.  THE  STATE  DIRECTOR SHALL PROMULGATE AND ADOPT SUITABLE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 369-O. COOPERATION AND FACILITIES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. TO  EFFECTU-
 ATE  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE GOVERNOR MAY DIRECT ANY RELEVANT
 DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION OR AGENCY OF THE  STATE,
 OR  OF  ANY  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, TO COOPERATE WITH AND ASSIST
 AND ADVISE THE DIVISION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES AND  FUNCTIONS,
 AND TO PROVIDE SUCH FACILITIES, INCLUDING PERSONNEL, MATERIALS AND OTHER
 ASSISTANCE  AND  DATA AS WILL ENABLE THE DIVISION OR ANY OF ITS AGENCIES

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 TO PROPERLY CARRY OUT ITS ACTIVITIES AND EFFECTUATE ITS  PURPOSES  UNDER
 THIS ARTICLE.
   §  3.  Subdivision 14 of section 353 of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 444 of the laws of 1988 and as renumbered by chapter 652 of  the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   14.  To  establish, operate and maintain a toll-free telephone number,
 under the supervision of the state director, for the purpose of  provid-
 ing  callers  thereof  with information relating to services provided by
 the division as well as services and programs provided  to  veterans  by
 other  agencies, bureaus and organizations AND BY OBTAINING CERTIFICATES
 OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-NINE-N OF THIS CHAPTER.  Such services and programs shall
 include, but not be limited to, educational and  job  benefits,  tuition
 assistance  programs, survivor benefits, health and mental health refer-
 rals and real property tax exemptions.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  on  or  before
 such date.

                            
 
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     Cal. No. 1020
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, GIANARIS, KAPLAN, KRUEGER, MAYER,
   MONTGOMERY, RIVERA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veter-
   ans,  Homeland  Security and Military Affairs -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
   and second report, ordered to a third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law, the civil service law, the county
   law, the economic development law, the  education  law,  the  election
   law,  the  general  construction  law,  the general municipal law, the
   military law, the correction law, the environmental conservation  law,
   the  general  business  law,  the  highway law, the insurance law, the
   judiciary law, the private housing finance law, the public health law,
   the public housing law, the public officers law, the real property tax
   law, the social services law, the tax law, the town law,  the  vehicle
   and  traffic  law,  and  the workers' compensation law, in relation to
   veterans with qualifying conditions and discharged LGBT veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 350 of the executive law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   8. THE TERM "QUALIFYING CONDITION" MEANS A DIAGNOSIS OF POST-TRAUMATIC
 STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MADE BY, OR AN  EXPERIENCE  OF
 MILITARY  SEXUAL  TRAUMA,  AS DESCRIBED IN 38 USC 1720D, AS AMENDED FROM
 TIME TO TIME, DISCLOSED TO, AN INDIVIDUAL  LICENSED  TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH
 CARE  SERVICES AT A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILI-
 TY.  THE DIVISION SHALL DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED FORM USED TO CONFIRM THAT
 THE VETERAN HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
 
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   9. THE  TERM  "DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN"  MEANS  A  VETERAN  WHO  WAS
 DISCHARGED  LESS  THAN  HONORABLY  FROM MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE DUE TO
 THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  AS  THOSE
 TERMS  ARE DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OR
 STATEMENTS,  CONSENSUAL  SEXUAL  CONDUCT, OR CONSENSUAL ACTS RELATING TO
 SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, OR THE DISCLOSURE  OF
 SUCH  STATEMENTS, CONDUCT, OR ACTS, THAT WERE PROHIBITED BY THE MILITARY
 OR NAVAL SERVICE AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE. THE DIVISION SHALL  ESTABLISH
 A  CONSISTENT  AND UNIFORM PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A VETERAN QUALI-
 FIES AS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING,  AT
 A  MINIMUM,  STANDARDS  FOR VERIFYING A VETERAN'S STATUS AS A DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERAN, AND A METHOD OF DEMONSTRATING ELIGIBILITY AS A  DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERAN.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil service
 law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the  approval
 of  the  governing  board or body of the city or county, as the case may
 be, or a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant  to  govern-
 mental  agreement,  may  elect  to waive application fees, or to abolish
 fees for specific classes of  positions  or  types  of  examinations  or
 candidates,  or  to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of reasonable fees
 different from those prescribed in paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,
 specifying  in  such schedule the classes of positions or types of exam-
 inations or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided,  howev-
 er,  that  fees  shall be waived for candidates who certify to the state
 civil service department, a municipal commission or a  regional  commis-
 sion  that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support
 of a household, or are receiving public  assistance.  Provided  further,
 the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
 for  examinations  for  original  appointment for all veterans. Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, for purposes of this  section,  the
 term "veteran" shall mean a person who has served in the armed forces of
 the  United  States  or  the  reserves  thereof, or in the army national
 guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York  naval  mili-
 tia,  and  who  (1)  has been honorably discharged or released from such
 service under honorable conditions, OR (2) HAS A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  (3)  IS  A  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM SUCH SERVICE. The term
 "armed forces" shall mean the army, navy, air force, marine  corps,  and
 coast guard.
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75 of the civil service
 law,  as  amended by chapter 350 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) a person holding a position by permanent appointment or employment
 in the classified service of the state or in the several  cities,  coun-
 ties,  towns,  or  villages  thereof, or in any other political or civil
 division of the state or of a municipality,  or  in  the  public  school
 service,  or in any public or special district, or in the service of any
 authority, commission or  board,  or  in  any  other  branch  of  public
 service,  who  was  honorably  discharged  or  released  under honorable

 S. 45--B                            3
 
 circumstances from the armed forces of the United States  INCLUDING  (I)
 HAVING  A QUALIFYING CONDITION AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVING A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (II) BEING A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND RECEIVING A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  having  served  therein as such member in time of war as
 defined in section eighty-five of this chapter,  or  who  is  an  exempt
 volunteer  firefighter  as  defined in the general municipal law, except
 when a person described in this paragraph holds the position of  private
 secretary, cashier or deputy of any official or department, or
   § 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
 law,  as  amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean  a  member  of
 the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war,
 who  was  honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances
 from such service INCLUDING (I) HAVING A QUALIFYING CONDITION AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  RECEIVING  A
 DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR
 (II) BEING A DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVING A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD  CONDUCT  OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, who is a citizen of the
 United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent  residence  in
 the  United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the
 time of application for appointment or  promotion  or  at  the  time  of
 retention, as the case may be.
   § 5. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of
 the civil service law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2)  A  veteran  who served in world war II, who continued to serve in
 the armed forces of the United States after the second day of September,
 nineteen hundred forty-five, or who was employed  by  the  War  Shipping
 Administration  or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a
 merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard  or  Depart-
 ment  of  Commerce,  or as a civil servant employed by the United States
 Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United  States  Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies and
 United States Army Groups in world war II during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (I)  was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom  under honorable [conditions,] CIRCUMSTANCES OR (II)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT

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 OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETER-
 AN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  AND
 HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE, or who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and
 Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of
 its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as  a  result  of
 Pan  American's  contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Trans-
 port Service during the period of armed conflict,  December  fourteenth,
 nineteen  hundred  forty-one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred
 forty-five, and who (IV) was  discharged  or  released  therefrom  under
 honorable [conditions,] CIRCUMSTANCES OR (V) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  (VI)  IS  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, and who is
 certified, as hereinbefore provided,  by  the  United  States  veterans'
 administration  as  receiving disability payments upon the certification
 of such veterans' administration for a disability  incurred  by  him  in
 such  service on or before the date that world war II is declared termi-
 nated.
   § 6. Section 86 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 476 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 86. Transfer of veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters upon abol-
 ition of positions. If the position in the  non-competitive  or  in  the
 labor class held by any honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces
 of the United States OR BY ANY VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES  RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH SERVICE INCLUD-
 ING (I) HAVING A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVING A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (II)  BEING  A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND RECEIVING A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, who served therein in  time  of  war  as
 defined  in  section eighty-five of this chapter, or by an exempt volun-
 teer firefighter as defined in the general municipal law,  shall  become
 unnecessary  or  be  abolished  for reasons of economy or otherwise, the
 honorably discharged veteran or  exempt  volunteer  firefighter  holding
 such  position shall not be discharged from the public service but shall
 be transferred to a similar position wherein a vacancy exists, and shall
 receive the same compensation therein. It is hereby made the duty of all
 persons clothed with the power of  appointment  to  make  such  transfer
 effective.  The  right to transfer herein conferred shall continue for a
 period of one year following the date of abolition of the position,  and
 may  be exercised only where a vacancy exists in an appropriate position
 to which transfer may be made at the time of demand for transfer.  Where
 the  positions  of  more than one such veteran or exempt volunteer fire-
 fighter are abolished and a lesser number of vacancies in similar  posi-
 tions exist to which transfer may be made, the veterans or exempt volun-
 teer  firefighters  whose  positions  are abolished shall be entitled to
 transfer to such vacancies in the order of their original appointment in
 the service. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to  the
 position  of  private  secretary,  cashier  or deputy of any official or
 department. This section shall have no  application  to  persons  encom-
 passed by section eighty-a of this chapter.

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   §  7.  Section  831  of the county law, as added by chapter 653 of the
 laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   § 831. Soldier burial plots in Dutchess county. The legislature of the
 county  of  Dutchess  may  authorize  the  purchase  of burial plots and
 provide for marker settings and perpetual care and maintenance  of  such
 plots  in  one  or  more of the cemeteries of the county of Dutchess for
 deceased veterans, who, at the time of  death,  were  residents  of  the
 county  of Dutchess and who (I) were discharged from the armed forces of
 the United States either honorably or under honorable circumstances,  OR
 (II)  HAD  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE,  OR  (III) WERE A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE. The expense
 thereof shall be a county charge.
   §  8. Subdivision 6 of section 210 of the economic development law, as
 added by chapter 398 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   6. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in [and who  has  received
 an  honorable  or general discharge from,] the United States army, navy,
 air force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or in  the
 army  national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or New York
 naval militia AND WHO (A) HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE OR GENERAL DISCHARGE
 FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (B) HAS A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (C)  IS  A  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   § 9. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 360 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  699 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   c. Adopt and enforce campus rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent
 with  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law relating to parking, vehicular and
 pedestrian traffic, and safety. Such rules and regulations  may  include
 provisions  for the disposition of abandoned vehicles, removal by towing
 or otherwise of vehicles parked  in  violation  of  such  rules  at  the
 expense  of the owner, the payment of fees for the registration or park-
 ing of such vehicles, provided that such campus  rules  and  regulations
 may provide that any veteran attending the state university as a student
 shall  be  exempt from any fees for parking or registering a motor vehi-
 cle, and the assessment of administrative fines upon the owner or opera-
 tor of such vehicles for each violation of the regulations.  However, no
 such fine may be imposed without a hearing or an opportunity to be heard
 conducted by an officer or board designated by the  board  of  trustees.
 Such  fines,  in the case of an officer or employee of state university,
 may be deducted from the salary or wages of  such  officer  or  employee
 found  in  violation of such regulations, or in the case of a student of
 state university found in violation of such regulations, the  university
 may  withhold  his grades and transcripts until such time as any fine is
 paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "veteran" shall mean  a
 member of the armed forces of the United States who served in such armed
 forces  in  time of war and who (I) was honorably discharged or released
 under honorable circumstances from such service, OR (II) HAS A  QUALIFY-
 ING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW, AND HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,

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 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE.
   §  10.  The  opening  paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 503 of the
 education law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is amended
 to read as follows:
   Credit for service in war after world war I, which shall mean military
 service during the period commencing the first  day  of  July,  nineteen
 hundred  forty,  and  terminating  the  thirtieth  day of June, nineteen
 hundred forty-seven, or during the period commencing the  twenty-seventh
 day  of  June,  nineteen hundred fifty, and terminating the thirty-first
 day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during both  such  peri-
 ods, as a member of the armed forces of the United States, of any person
 who  (I)  has  been  honorably  discharged  or  released under honorable
 circumstances from such service, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  (III)  IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or service by
 one who was employed by the War Shipping  Administration  or  Office  of
 Defense  Transportation  or their agents as a merchant seaman documented
 by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,  or  as  a
 civil  servant  employed  by  the  United  States Army Transport Service
 (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation  Corps,
 Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation Service; and who served
 satisfactorily as a crew member during the  period  of  armed  conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e.,
 foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such  terms  are  defined
 under  federal  law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include "near
 foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,  Mexico,  or  the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign  waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release or
 Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an  Honorable
 Service  Certificate/Report  of Casualty, from the Department of Defense
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict,  Decem-
 ber  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one through May eighth, nineteen
 hundred forty-five, and (IV) who was discharged  or  released  therefrom
 under  honorable  conditions,  OR  (V)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR (VI) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or who  served
 as  a  United  States  civilian  Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
 with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
 period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 one  through  August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred forty-five, and who
 (VII) was discharged or released therefrom under  honorable  conditions,
 OR  (VIII)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER

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 THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR (IX) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM SUCH SERVICE, and who was a teacher in the public
 schools of this state at the time of his entrance into the armed  forces
 of  the  United  States, provided no compensation was received under the
 provisions of section two hundred forty-two of the military law, and who
 returned to public school teaching following discharge or completion  of
 advanced education provided under servicemen's readjustment act of nine-
 teen  hundred  forty-four,  or  who  following such discharge or release
 entered into a service which  would  qualify  him  pursuant  to  section
 forty-three  of  the  retirement and social security law to transfer his
 membership in the New York state teachers' retirement system,  shall  be
 provided  as  follows, any provisions of section two hundred forty-three
 of the military law to the contrary notwithstanding.
   § 11. Subdivision 7 of section 503 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 40 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
   7. A teacher, who was a member of the New York state teachers  retire-
 ment  system  but who withdrew his accumulated contributions immediately
 prior to his entry into, or during his service in the  armed  forces  of
 the  United  States in war after World War I, who (I) has been honorably
 discharged or released from service, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  provided  no
 compensation  was  received  under the provisions of section two hundred
 forty-two of the military law, and who returned to public school  teach-
 ing  in  the  state  of New York following such discharge or release, or
 following completion of advanced education provided  under  servicemen's
 readjustment  act  of  nineteen  hundred  forty-four,  any provisions of
 section two hundred forty-three of the  military  law  to  the  contrary
 notwithstanding,  will  be  entitled  to credit for service in war after
 World War I, cost free, provided, however, that such credit will not  be
 allowed until he claims and pays for all prior teaching service credited
 to  him  at  the  time  of his termination of membership in the New York
 state teachers retirement system, and provided further  that  claim  for
 such  service in war after World War I shall be filed by the member with
 the retirement board before the first  day  of  July,  nineteen  hundred
 sixty-eight.
   §  12.  Paragraph  c  of subdivision 9 of section 503 of the education
 law, as added by chapter 801 of the laws of 1962 and  as  renumbered  by
 chapter 41 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  (I)  has  been  honorably  discharged  or released under honorable
 circumstances from such service, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  (III)  IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, and
   §  13.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 10 of section 503 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  In addition to credit for military service pursuant to section two
 hundred forty-three of the military law  and  subdivisions  six  through

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 nine  of  this  section,  a member employed as a full-time teacher by an
 employer as defined in subdivision three of section five hundred one  of
 [the  education  law]  THIS ARTICLE and who joined the retirement system
 prior  to  July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, may obtain credit
 for military service not in excess of  three  years  and  not  otherwise
 creditable under section two hundred forty-three of the military law and
 subdivisions  six  through nine of this section, rendered on active duty
 in the armed forces of the United States during  the  period  commencing
 July  first,  nineteen  hundred  forty, and terminating December thirty-
 first, nineteen hundred forty-six, or on service by one who was employed
 by the War Shipping Administration or Office of  Defense  Transportation
 or  their  agents  as  a merchant seaman documented by the United States
 Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by
 the United States Army Transport  Service  (later  redesignated  as  the
 United  States  Army  Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval
 Transportation Service; and who served satisfactorily as a  crew  member
 during  the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred
 forty-one, to August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard
 merchant  vessels  in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coast-
 wise service as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA  10301
 &  10501)  and  further  to  include  "near foreign" voyages between the
 United States and Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies via  ocean  routes,
 or  public  vessels  in oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has
 received a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active  Duty  and  a
 discharge  certificate,  or  an  Honorable Service Certificate/Report of
 Casualty, from the Department of Defense or on service by one who served
 as a United States civilian employed by the American Field  Service  and
 served overseas under United States Armies and United States Army Groups
 in  world  war II during the period of armed conflict, December seventh,
 nineteen hundred forty-one through May eighth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  and  who (I) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or on service by one who served as a
 United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee
 of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affil-
 iates and served overseas as a result of Pan  American's  contract  with
 Air  Transport  Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period
 of armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (IV) was
 discharged  or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (V) HAS
 A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (VI) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE, by a person who was a resident of New York state at the time of
 entry  into  such  service and at the time of being discharged therefrom
 under honorable circumstances, and who makes the  payments  required  in
 accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.
   However,  no  military service shall be creditable under this subdivi-
 sion in the case of a member who is receiving a military pension  (other

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 than  for  disability)  for  military service in the armed forces of the
 United States.
   §  14. Paragraph a of subdivision 10-a of section 503 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  In addition to credit for military service pursuant to section two
 hundred forty-three of the military law  and  subdivisions  six  through
 nine of this section, a member who joined the retirement system prior to
 July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, and who was not eligible for
 credit  for  military service under subdivision ten of this section as a
 result of being on a leave of absence without pay between  July  twenti-
 eth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six  and  October  fifteenth,  nineteen
 hundred seventy-seven or on leave of absence with  less  than  full  pay
 between   July  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six  and  October
 fifteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, may obtain credit  for  mili-
 tary  service  not in excess of three years and not otherwise creditable
 under section two hundred forty-three of the military law  and  subdivi-
 sions  six  through nine of this section, rendered on active duty in the
 armed forces of the United States  during  the  period  commencing  July
 first,  nineteen  hundred  forty, and terminating December thirty-first,
 nineteen hundred forty-six, or on service by one who was employed by the
 War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their
 agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast  Guard
 or  Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United
 States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the  United  States
 Army  Transportation  Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense,  or  on  service  by one who served as a United States civilian
 employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under  United
 States  Armies  and United States Army Groups in world war II during the
 period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (I) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS
 A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, or on service by one who served as  a  United  States  civilian
 Flight  Crew  and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World
 Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas
 as a result of Pan American's contract with  Air  Transport  Command  or
 Naval  Air Transport Service during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,
 nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who (IV) was discharged or released
 therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (V) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS

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 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR (VI) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, by a person
 who was a resident of New York state at the  time  of  entry  into  such
 service  and  at  the time of being discharged therefrom under honorable
 circumstances, and who makes the payments required  in  accordance  with
 the provisions of this subdivision.
   However,  no  military service shall be creditable under this subdivi-
 sion in the case of a member who is receiving a military pension  (other
 than  for  disability)  for  military service in the armed forces of the
 United States.
   § 15. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 668 of  the  education
 law,  as  amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) December seven, nineteen hundred forty-one to December thirty-one,
 nineteen hundred forty-six, or have been employed by  the  War  Shipping
 Administration  or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a
 merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard  or  Depart-
 ment  of  Commerce,  or as a civil servant employed by the United States
 Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United  States  Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense or have served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies and
 United States Army Groups in world war II during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (I)  was  discharged  or
 released  therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING
 CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or
 have served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation  Ground
 Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsid-
 iaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service
 during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,  December fourteenth, nineteen
 hundred forty-one through August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  and who (IV) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, OR (V) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (VI)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.

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   §  16.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 668 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 1995, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  (I)  is  an  honorably discharged veteran of the United States or
 member of the armed forces of the United States, OR (II) HAS A  QUALIFY-
 ING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW, AND HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, who is a resident of the state of  New  York,  and  who  has  a
 current  disability of forty percent or more as a result of an injury or
 illness which is incurred or was incurred during such military  service;
 or
   § 17. Subdivision 1 of section 668-c of the education law, as added by
 chapter 474 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Eligible students. Awards shall be made to Vietnam veterans' resi-
 dent children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved  undergraduate
 or graduate programs at degree granting institutions. For the purpose of
 this  section, "Vietnam veteran" shall mean a person who served in Indo-
 china at any time from  the  twenty-second  day  of  December,  nineteen
 hundred  sixty-one,  to  and  including the seventh day of May, nineteen
 hundred seventy-five and (A) was honorably  discharged  from  the  armed
 forces  of  the  United  States,  OR  (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM THE
 ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT  VETERAN,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  THE
 ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES; "born with Spina Bifida" shall mean a
 diagnosis  at  birth  of such disease inclusive of all forms, manifesta-
 tions, complications and  associated  medical  conditions  thereof,  but
 shall  not  include  Spina  Bifida  Occulta.  Such diagnosis shall be in
 accordance with the provisions of the federal Spina Bifida  program  and
 shall  be  documented  by  the United States Administration of Veterans'
 Affairs.
   § 18. Subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the education law, as  amended
 by  section 2 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 ing meanings:
   a. "Vietnam veteran" means (i) a person who  is  a  resident  of  this
 state, (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States in Indo-
 china  at  any  time  from  the  twenty-eighth day of February, nineteen
 hundred sixty-one, to and including the seventh  day  of  May,  nineteen
 hundred  seventy-five,  and  (iii)  who  was EITHER discharged therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  including  but  not  limited  to  honorable
 discharge,  discharge  under honorable conditions, or general discharge,
 OR HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY
 OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE.
   b. "Persian Gulf veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this
 state, (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States  in  the

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 hostilities  that  occurred  in  the Persian Gulf from the second day of
 August, nineteen hundred ninety through the end of such hostilities, and
 (iii) who was EITHER discharged therefrom  under  honorable  conditions,
 including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under honor-
 able conditions, or general discharge, OR HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  IS  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   c.  "Afghanistan veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this
 state, (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States  in  the
 hostilities  that  occurred  in  Afghanistan  from  the  eleventh day of
 September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities,  and  (iii)
 who  was EITHER discharged therefrom under honorable conditions, includ-
 ing but not limited to honorable discharge,  discharge  under  honorable
 conditions,  or  general  discharge,  OR  HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   d. "Other eligible combat veteran" means: an individual who (i)  is  a
 resident  of  this  state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United
 States in hostilities that occurred after February twenty-eighth,  nine-
 teen hundred sixty-one, as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces
 Expeditionary  Medal,  Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expedi-
 tionary Medal, and (iii) was EITHER discharged  under  honorable  condi-
 tions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under
 honorable  conditions,  or general discharge, OR HAS A QUALIFYING CONDI-
 TION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  IS  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   e. "Part time study" means enrollment for at least three but less than
 twelve  semester  hours  per semester, or the equivalent, in an approved
 undergraduate or graduate program.
   f. "Approved vocational training programs" means programs  offered  by
 agencies  approved  by  the  commissioner  for  funding pursuant to this
 section. The commissioner shall approve only  such  non-credit  programs
 which are at least three hundred twenty clock hours in length, and which
 meet  standards  of  instructional quality established in regulations by
 the commissioner. These standards shall include, but not be limited  to,
 qualifications of administrative and instructional personnel, quality of
 facilities and equipment, recordkeeping, admission, grading, attendance,
 and  record of placement of completers which meets standards of accepta-
 bility as established by the commissioner.
   § 19. Subdivision 15 of section 1-104 of the election law  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   15.  The  term  "veterans'  hospital"  means any sanitarium, hospital,
 soldiers' and sailors'  home,  United  States  Veterans'  Administration
 Hospital,  or  other  home  or  institution, which is used, operated and
 conducted exclusively for the care, maintenance and treatment of persons
 serving in [or honorably discharged from] the military or naval  service
 or coast guard of the United States or the state of New York, OR PERSONS

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 WHO (A) WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (B) HAVE A QUAL-
 IFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXEC-
 UTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAVE  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) ARE A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE.
   §  20.  Subdivision 4 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Any qualified person who has been  honorably  discharged  from  the
 military  after  the  twenty-fifth day before a general election, OR WHO
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  THE MILITARY AFTER THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY BEFORE A
 GENERAL ELECTION, OR WHO IS A DISCHARGED LGBT  VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM THE MILITARY AFTER
 THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY BEFORE A GENERAL ELECTION,  or  who  has  become  a
 naturalized citizen after the twenty-fifth day before a general election
 may  personally  register at the board of elections in the county of his
 or her residence and vote in the general election held at least ten days
 after such registration.
   § 21. Subdivision 13 of section 353 of the executive law, as added  by
 chapter 652 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  To make application to the government of the United States or any
 political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, for funds  for
 the  purpose  of providing an optional fund for the burial of [honorably
 discharged] veterans WHO (I) WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED  OR  (II)  HAD  A
 QUALIFYING  CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS
 ARTICLE, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONOR-
 ABLE,  OR  (III)  WERE  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE, in any not-for-profit cemetery  corporation
 in  this  state;  provided,  however, that all costs associated with the
 establishment of such optional fund shall  be  borne  by  the  political
 subdivision,  agency  or  instrumentality  with  which  the division has
 contracted.
   § 22. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 354-c  of  the
 executive  law,  as added by chapter 652 of the laws of 2007, is amended
 to read as follows:
   As provided in subdivision thirteen of section  three  hundred  fifty-
 three of this article, there is hereby established within the division a
 New  York state veterans burial fund for honorably discharged members of
 the armed forces of the United States who were  residents  of  New  York
 state  at the time of his or her death WHO (I) WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED
 FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (II) HAD A QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III)  WERE
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   §  23.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 1 of section 364 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1993,  subparagraph  5  as
 amended  by  chapter  616  of  the  laws  of 1995, and subparagraph 7 as
 amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

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   a.  The word "veteran," as used in this article shall be taken to mean
 and include any person who is a resident of the state of New  York,  and
 who  (I)  has  been  or  may  be given an honorable, general or ordinary
 discharge or any other form of  release  from  such  service,  except  a
 dishonorable   discharge,   a  bad  conduct  discharge,  an  undesirable
 discharge, a discharge without honor or a discharge for the good of  the
 service, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THIS ARTICLE, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A  DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  and  who  [(i)] (IV) was a recipient of the armed forces
 expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal or  the  marine  corps
 expeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon from June
 first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-seven,  in  Grenada  from  October twenty-third, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or
 in Panama from December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to Janu-
 ary thirty-first, nineteen hundred  ninety,  or  [(ii)]  (V)  served  on
 active  duty  for  ninety days or more in the armed forces of the United
 States during any one of the following wars or hostilities:
   (1) in the Spanish-American war from the twenty-first  day  of  April,
 eighteen  hundred  ninety-eight  to  the eleventh day of April, eighteen
 hundred ninety-nine, inclusive;
   (2) in the Philippine insurrection or the China relief expedition from
 the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine  to  the  fourth
 day of July, nineteen hundred two, inclusive;
   (3) in the Mexican border campaign from the ninth day of May, nineteen
 hundred  sixteen, to the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred seventeen,
 inclusive;
   (4) in world war I from the  sixth  day  of  April,  nineteen  hundred
 seventeen  to  the  eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred eighteen,
 inclusive;
   (5) in world war II from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
 forty-one to the thirty-first day of December, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 six,  inclusive,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration
 or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,
 or  as  a  civil  servant  employed  by the United States Army Transport
 Service (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation
 Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval Transportation Service; and who
 served satisfactorily as a  crew  member  during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one,  to  August
 fifteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in
 oceangoing,  i.e.,  foreign,  intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-
 ican  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies and
 United States Army Groups in world war II during  the  period  of  armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (I)  was  discharged  or

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 released  therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING
 CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (III)  IS  A  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or
 who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and  Aviation  Ground
 Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsid-
 iaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service
 during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,  December fourteenth, nineteen
 hundred forty-one through August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  and who (IV) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, OR (V) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS ARTICLE, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (VI)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THIS ARTICLE, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE;
   (6)  in  the  Korean  hostilities from the twenty-seventh day of June,
 nineteen hundred fifty to the  thirty-first  day  of  January,  nineteen
 hundred fifty-five, inclusive;
   (7)  in  the  Vietnam conflict from the twenty-eighth day of February,
 nineteen hundred sixty-one to the seventh day of May,  nineteen  hundred
 seventy-five;
   (8)  in the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of August, nine-
 teen hundred ninety to the end of such conflict.
   § 24. Section 369-a of the executive law, as added by chapter  557  of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 369-a. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that it is
 estimated  that  over  the next five years, forty-four thousand veterans
 are expected to return to this state from their military  posts,  making
 the  Empire  State home to one of the largest veteran populations in the
 country. Shockingly, the unemployment rate for Post-9/11 veterans in New
 York was 10.7% in two thousand twelve, which is nearly one percent high-
 er than the national average and higher than the  state's  overall  8.2%
 unemployment  rate.  The  legislature has found previously that it is in
 the interest of the state to ensure that returning veterans have employ-
 ment  opportunities  available  upon  their  separation  from   military
 service.
   The  state  already  encourages  private  businesses  to hire military
 veterans through tax credits and other economic incentives. In addition,
 the legislature has previously found that state agencies spend  millions
 of  dollars  annually on temporary staff hired from temporary employment
 service companies to cover temporary  staffing  needs.  These  temporary
 state  jobs  could  serve  as  a bridge for recently discharged military
 veterans who have yet to find full-time  permanent  work.  In  addition,
 these  temporary  assignments could serve to develop the next generation
 of the state workforce and help with succession planning for the current
 workforce.
   The legislature declares it to be the policy  of  this  state  to  use
 [honorably  discharged]  veterans  for  temporary  appointments in state
 agencies rather than utilizing temporary employment service companies in
 order to provide employment opportunities for returning military  veter-
 ans.

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   § 25. Subdivision 7 of section 369-h of the executive law, as added by
 chapter 22 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  "Veteran"  shall mean a person who served in [and who has received
 an honorable or general discharge from,] the United States  army,  navy,
 air  force, marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or in the
 army national guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or  the  New
 York  naval  militia,  AND  WHO (I) HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE OR GENERAL
 DISCHARGE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (II)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER, AND HAS RECEIVED
 A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR
 (III)  IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER, AND HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   §  26.  Section  13-a  of  the general construction law, as amended by
 chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   § 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United
 States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force and  coast  guard,
 including  all  components  thereof,  and the national guard when in the
 service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by law. Pursu-
 ant to this definition no person shall be considered a member or veteran
 of the armed forces of the United States unless his or her service ther-
 ein is or was on a full-time active duty basis, other than  active  duty
 for  training  or  he  or  she was employed by the War Shipping Adminis-
 tration or Office  of  Defense  Transportation  or  their  agents  as  a
 merchant  seaman  documented by the United States Coast Guard or Depart-
 ment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by  the  United  States
 Army  Transport  Service  (later  redesignated as the United States Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense or he or she served as a United States civilian employed by  the
 American  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, and (I) was discharged or released
 therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDI-
 TION,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  or
 he  or  she  served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation
 Ground Support Employee of Pan American World  Airways  or  one  of  its
 subsidiaries  or  its  affiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan
 American's contract with Air Transport Command or  Naval  Air  Transport
 Service  during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nine-
 teen hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred
 forty-five,  and  (IV) was discharged or released therefrom under honor-

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 able conditions, OR (V)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (VI)  IS  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   §  27.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 148 of the general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 1986, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The board of supervisors in each of the counties, or the board  of
 estimate  in  the  city of New York, shall designate some proper person,
 association or commission, other than that designated for  the  care  of
 burial  of  public  charges or criminals, who shall cause to be interred
 the body of any [honorably discharged] member of the armed forces of the
 United States WHO (I) WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE OR (II)
 HAD A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) WAS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, or the body of any minor child or either parent, or the  spouse
 or  unremarried  surviving spouse of any such member of the armed forces
 of the United States, if such person shall hereafter die in a county  or
 in  the  city of New York without leaving sufficient means to defray his
 or her funeral expenses.
   § 28. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section  148  of  the  general
 municipal  law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 1976, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) The headstone at the grave of the spouse or  surviving  spouse  of
 such  [honorably  discharged]  member  of the armed forces of the United
 States shall contain the name of the deceased, the war in which  his  or
 her  spouse served and, if possible, the organization to which he or she
 belonged or in which he or she served.
   § 29. Subdivision 1-b of section 247 of the military law,  as  amended
 by  section  26 of part AA of chapter 56 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1-b. The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present in the  name
 of  the legislature of the state of New York, a certificate, to be known
 as the "Cold War Certificate", 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
 during the period  of  time  from  September  second,  nineteen  hundred
 forty-five  through  December twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred ninety-one,
 commonly known  as  the  Cold  War  Era;  and  (iv)  who  was  honorably
 discharged or released under honorable circumstances during the Cold War
 Era,  OR HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE DURING THE COLD WAR ERA, OR IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND  RECEIVED  A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE DURING
 THE COLD WAR ERA. Not more  than  one  Cold  War  Certificate  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. In the event of the death of
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 shall  be  presented  to  such  representative of the deceased as may be
 designated. The adjutant general, in consultation with the  director  of
 the  division  of  veterans'  services,  shall make such rules and regu-
 lations  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for the proper presentation and
 distribution of the certificate.
   § 30. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 42 of  the  correction
 law,  as  amended by chapter 139 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. There shall  be  within  the  commission  a  citizen's  policy  and
 complaint  review  council.  It  shall  consist  of  nine  persons to be
 appointed by the governor, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the
 senate. One person so appointed shall have served in the armed forces of
 the  United  States in any foreign war, conflict or military occupation,
 who (I) was discharged therefrom under other  than  dishonorable  condi-
 tions,  OR  (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER
 THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE, OR (III) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or shall be a  duly  licensed  mental
 health  professional  who  has  professional experience or training with
 regard to post-traumatic stress syndrome. One person so appointed  shall
 be  an  attorney  admitted  to  practice  in  this  state. One person so
 appointed shall be a former  inmate  of  a  correctional  facility.  One
 person  so appointed shall be a former correction officer. One person so
 appointed shall be a former resident of  a  division  for  youth  secure
 center  or  a health care professional duly licensed to practice in this
 state. One person so appointed shall be a former employee of the  office
 of  children  and family services who has directly supervised youth in a
 secure residential center operated by  such  office.  In  addition,  the
 governor  shall  designate  one  of the full-time members other than the
 chairman of the commission as chairman of the council to serve  as  such
 at the pleasure of the governor.
   § 31. Subdivision 5 of section 605 of the education law, as separately
 amended  by chapters 645 and 844 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read
 as follows:
   5. Regents scholarships for war veterans. Regents scholarships for war
 veterans shall be awarded on a competitive basis,  for  study  beginning
 with  the  college  year nineteen hundred seventy-five--nineteen hundred
 seventy-six. Six hundred such scholarships shall be awarded in such year
 to veterans of the armed forces of the United States who have served  on
 active  duty  (other  than  for  training) between October one, nineteen
 hundred sixty-one and March twenty-nine, nineteen hundred seventy-three,
 and who on the date by which applications are required to  be  submitted
 (A)  have  been  released  from such active duty on conditions not other
 than honorable, OR (B)  HAVE  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (C)  ARE  DISCHARGED  LGBT VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE. Such  scholarships  shall  be
 allocated  to each county in the state in the same ratio that the number
 of legal residents in such county, as  determined  by  the  most  recent
 federal  census,  bears  to  the total number of residents in the state;
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 than  such county received during the year nineteen hundred sixty-eight-
 -sixty-nine.
   § 32. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 663 of
 the  education  law,  as  added  by  chapter 101 of the laws of 1992, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (3) The applicant was enlisted in full time active military service in
 the armed forces of  the  United  States  and  (I)  has  been  honorably
 discharged  from  such  service,  OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, AND, provided,
 however, that the applicant has not and will not be claimed as a depend-
 ent by either parent for purposes of either federal or state income tax.
   § 33. Subdivision 1 of section 3202 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 106 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  person  over five and under twenty-one years of age who has not
 received a high school diploma is entitled to attend the public  schools
 maintained  in  the  district  in  which such person resides without the
 payment of tuition. Provided further that such person  may  continue  to
 attend  the public school in such district in the same manner, if tempo-
 rarily residing outside the boundaries of the district  when  relocation
 to  such temporary residence is a consequence of such person's parent or
 person in parental relationship being called to  active  military  duty,
 other  than  training. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 contrary, the school district shall not be required to provide transpor-
 tation between a temporary  residence  located  outside  of  the  school
 district  and  the  school  the  child attends. A veteran of any age who
 shall have served as a member of the armed forces of the  United  States
 and  who (A) shall have been discharged therefrom under conditions other
 than dishonorable, OR (B) HAS A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (C)  IS  A  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, may attend any of the public
 schools of the state upon conditions prescribed by the board  of  educa-
 tion,  and  such veterans shall be included in the pupil count for state
 aid purposes. A  nonveteran  under  twenty-one  years  of  age  who  has
 received  a  high school diploma shall be permitted to attend classes in
 the schools of the district in which such person resides or in a  school
 of  a  board of cooperative educational services upon payment of tuition
 under such terms and conditions as shall be established  in  regulations
 promulgated  by  the  commissioner;  provided,  however,  that  a school
 district may waive the payment of tuition for such  nonveteran,  but  in
 any  case such a nonveteran who has received a high school diploma shall
 not be counted for any state  aid  purposes.  Nothing  herein  contained
 shall,  however,  require  a  board  of  education  to admit a child who
 becomes five years of age after the school year has commenced unless his
 birthday occurs on or before the first of December.
   § 34. Subdivision 4 of section 11-0715 of the environmental  conserva-
 tion law, as amended by section 6 of part R of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   4. A person, resident in the state for at least thirty days immediate-
 ly  prior  to  the  date  of  application,  who  (A)  has been honorably

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 discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States, OR (B)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, and IS certified as having a forty percent or greater  service-
 connected  disability  is  entitled to receive all licenses, privileges,
 tags, and permits authorized by this title for which he or she is eligi-
 ble, except turkey permits, renewable each year for a five dollar fee.
   § 35. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph c of  subdivision  1  of  section
 13-0328  of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 21
 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (iv) licenses shall be issued only to persons  who  demonstrate  in  a
 manner  acceptable to the department that they received an average of at
 least fifteen thousand dollars of income over  three  consecutive  years
 from  commercial  fishing  or  fishing,  or  who successfully complete a
 commercial food fish apprenticeship pursuant  to  subdivision  seven  of
 this  section.  As used in this subparagraph, "commercial fishing" means
 the taking and sale of marine resources including fish, shellfish, crus-
 tacea or other marine biota and "fishing" means commercial  fishing  and
 carrying  fishing  passengers  for hire. Individuals who wish to qualify
 based on income from "fishing" must hold  a  valid  marine  and  coastal
 district party and charter boat license. No more than ten percent of the
 licenses  issued  each year based on income eligibility pursuant to this
 paragraph shall be issued to applicants who qualify  based  solely  upon
 income  derived  from  operation  of or employment by a party or charter
 boat. For the income evaluation of this subdivision, the department  may
 consider  persons  who would otherwise be eligible but for having served
 in the United States armed forces on active  duty,  provided  that  such
 individual  (1)  has  received an honorable or general discharge, OR (2)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, shall not be deemed ineligible.
   § 36. Subdivision 1 of section 130 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 1 of subpart D of part II of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The secretary of state may appoint and commission as many notaries
 public for the state of New York as in his or her judgment may be deemed
 best, whose jurisdiction shall be co-extensive with  the  boundaries  of
 the  state.  The  appointment  of a notary public shall be for a term of
 four years. An application for an appointment as notary public shall  be
 in  form  and  set  forth  such  matters as the secretary of state shall
 prescribe. Every person appointed as notary public must, at the time  of
 his  or  her appointment, be a citizen of the United States and either a
 resident of the state of New York or have an office or place of business
 in New York state. A notary public who is a resident of  the  state  and
 who moves out of the state but still maintains a place of business or an
 office  in  New York state does not vacate his or her office as a notary
 public. A notary public who is a nonresident and who ceases to  have  an
 office  or place of business in this state, vacates his or her office as
 a notary public. A notary public who is a resident of New York state and
 moves out of the state and who does not retain an  office  or  place  of

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 business  in  this  state  shall  vacate  his  or her office as a notary
 public. A non-resident who accepts the office of notary public  in  this
 state  thereby  appoints  the secretary of state as the person upon whom
 process can be served on his or her behalf. Before issuing to any appli-
 cant  a commission as notary public, unless he or she be an attorney and
 counsellor at law duly admitted to practice in this  state  or  a  court
 clerk  of  the unified court system who has been appointed to such posi-
 tion after taking a civil service promotional examination in  the  court
 clerk  series of titles, the secretary of state shall satisfy himself or
 herself that the applicant is of good moral character,  has  the  equiv-
 alent  of  a common school education and is familiar with the duties and
 responsibilities of a notary public; provided,  however,  that  where  a
 notary  public  applies,  before  the expiration of his or her term, for
 reappointment with the county clerk or where  a  person  whose  term  as
 notary  public  shall  have expired applies within six months thereafter
 for reappointment as a notary public with the county clerk, such  quali-
 fying requirements may be waived by the secretary of state, and further,
 where  an  application  for reappointment is filed with the county clerk
 after the expiration of the aforementioned renewal period  by  a  person
 who  failed  or was unable to re-apply by reason of his or her induction
 or enlistment in the armed forces of the United States, such  qualifying
 requirements may also be waived by the secretary of state, provided such
 application  for reappointment is made within a period of one year after
 the military discharge of the  applicant  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable, OR IF THE APPLICANT HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED
 IN  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER, WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE
 YEAR AFTER THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR IF THE APPLICANT IS  A  DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAPTER,
 WITHIN A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE. In any case,
 the appointment or reappointment of any applicant is in  the  discretion
 of  the secretary of state. The secretary of state may suspend or remove
 from office, for misconduct, any notary public appointed by him  or  her
 but  no such removal shall be made unless the person who is sought to be
 removed shall have been served with a copy of the charges against him or
 her and have an opportunity of being heard. No person shall be appointed
 as a notary public under this article who has been  convicted,  in  this
 state  or any other state or territory, of a crime, unless the secretary
 makes a finding in conformance with all  applicable  statutory  require-
 ments,  including  those  contained  in  article  twenty-three-A  of the
 correction law, that  such  convictions  do  not  constitute  a  bar  to
 appointment.
   §  37.  Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of section 32 of the general business
 law, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by chapter 650 of the laws of  1976
 and  subdivision  2  as  amended by chapter 321 of the laws of 1955, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Every [honorably discharged] member of  the  armed  forces  of  the
 United  States[,] WHO (A) WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR
 (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  AND who is a resident of this state and a veteran of any
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 overseas, and the surviving spouse of any such veteran, if a resident of
 the  state,  shall  have the right to hawk, peddle, vend and sell goods,
 wares or merchandise or solicit trade  upon  the  streets  and  highways
 within  the  county  of  his or her residence, as the case may be, or if
 such county is embraced wholly by a city, within such city, by procuring
 a license for that purpose to be issued as herein provided.  No part  of
 the  lands  or  premises  under  the jurisdiction of the division of the
 state fair in the department of agriculture and markets, shall be deemed
 a street or highway within the meaning of this section.
   2. Any such former member of the armed forces of the United States may
 present to the clerk of any county in which he has resided for a  period
 of  at least six months, his original certificate of [honorable] RELEASE
 OR discharge FROM ACTIVE DUTY, or a copy thereof duly certified  by  the
 recording officer or a certificate in lieu of lost discharge issued by a
 department  of  the  armed  forces of the United States which shall show
 that the person presenting it is a veteran of any war, or  that  he  has
 served  overseas in the armed forces of the United States. He shall also
 fill out a blank which shall when filled out state his  name,  residence
 at  the  time  of  application,  nature  of goods to be sold, and if the
 applicant is working on commission or percentage for any person, firm or
 corporation, the name and business  address  of  such  person,  firm  or
 corporation.  This  statement  shall  be  signed by the applicant in the
 presence of the county clerk, or a deputy designated  by  him,  and  the
 name  on this application and on the original certificate of [honorable]
 RELEASE OR discharge FROM ACTIVE DUTY shall be compared  by  the  county
 clerk to ascertain if the person so applying is the same person named in
 the original certificate of [honorable] RELEASE OR discharge FROM ACTIVE
 DUTY.  Such county clerk when so satisfied shall issue, without cost, to
 such former member of the armed forces of the United States,  a  license
 certifying him to be entitled to the benefits of this section.
   3.  A  copy of this statement shall be attached to the license granted
 by the county clerk and shall remain attached thereto.  On  presentation
 to  such  clerk  of the affidavit of such surviving spouse and two other
 residents of the county, that he or she is such surviving spouse, accom-
 panied by such original certificate of [honorable] RELEASE OR  discharge
 FROM  ACTIVE  DUTY  of his or her deceased spouse, and the filing of the
 statement hereinabove required, such county clerk shall  issue,  without
 cost  to the surviving spouse, a license certifying the surviving spouse
 to be entitled to the benefits of this section.
   § 38. Section 35 of the general business law, as  amended  by  chapter
 550 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   §  35. Municipal regulations. This article shall not affect the appli-
 cation of any ordinance, by-law or regulation of a municipal corporation
 relating to hawkers and peddlers within the limits of such corporations,
 but the provisions of this article are to be complied with  in  addition
 to  the  requirements  of  any  such  ordinance,  by-law  or regulation;
 provided, however, that no such by-law, ordinance  or  regulation  shall
 prevent or in any manner interfere with the hawking or peddling, without
 the  use of any but a hand driven vehicle, in any street, avenue, alley,
 lane or park of a municipal corporation,  by  any  honorably  discharged
 member  of  the  armed forces of the United States who (1) WAS HONORABLY
 DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (2)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  (3)  IS  A  DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE

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 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, AND WHO is
 physically disabled as a  result  of  injuries  received  while  in  the
 service  of said armed forces and the holder of a license granted pursu-
 ant to section thirty-two OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  39.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 35-a of the general
 business law, as added by chapter 227 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) In cities having a population of one million or more, the official
 designated by a local law or ordinance to issue a local license to hawk,
 peddle, vend and sell goods, wares or merchandise or solicit trade  upon
 the  streets and highways within such city shall issue specialized vend-
 ing licenses to [honorably discharged] members of the  armed  forces  of
 the  United  States who (I) WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE,
 OR (II) HAVE A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) ARE A DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE
 FROM  SUCH SERVICE, AND WHO are physically disabled as a result of inju-
 ries received while in the service of said  armed  forces  and  who  are
 eligible to hold licenses granted pursuant to section thirty-two of this
 article. Such specialized vending licenses shall authorize holders ther-
 eof to hawk or peddle within such city in accordance with the provisions
 contained  in  this  section.  Specialized vending licenses issued under
 this section shall permit the holders thereof to vend on any block face,
 and no licensee authorized under this section shall be restricted in any
 way from vending in any area, except as provided in this section.
   § 40. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 69-p  of  the  general
 business  law, as amended by chapter 575 of the laws of 1993, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) In the case of persons who are or were in the military service and
 (I) have  been  or  will  be  discharged  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable, OR (II) HAVE A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR (III) ARE
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, the period of two years specified  in
 subdivision  one  of  this section need not be continuous. The length of
 time such person was engaged in the business of installing, servicing or
 maintaining security or fire alarm systems before entering the  military
 service  may be added to any period of time during which such person was
 or is engaged in the business of installing,  servicing  or  maintaining
 security  or  fire  alarm  systems  after  the  termination  of military
 service.
   § 41. The closing paragraph of section 435  of  the  general  business
 law,  as added by chapter 801 of the laws of 1946, is amended to read as
 follows:
   In the case of persons who are or were in the military service and (A)
 have been or will be discharged under conditions  other  than  dishonor-
 able,  OR  (B)  HAVE A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER  THAN
 BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) ARE DISCHARGED
 LGBT VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF  THE  EXECU-
 TIVE  LAW,  AND  HAVE  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, the period  of  one  year  specified  in

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 subdivision  one  of this section and the period of six months specified
 in subdivision two of this section need not be continuous. The length of
 time such person was engaged in the practice of barbering before  enter-
 ing the military service may be added to any period of time during which
 such  person  was  or  is engaged in the practice of barbering after the
 termination of military service.
   § 42. Subdivision 1 of section 77 of the  general  municipal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  476  of  the  laws  of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. A municipal corporation may lease, for not exceeding five years, to
 a post or posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Veterans  of  Foreign
 Wars of the United States, American Legion, Catholic War Veterans, Inc.,
 Disabled  American  Veterans,  the  Army  and Navy Union, U.S.A., Marine
 Corps League, AMVETS, American Veterans of  World  War  II,  Jewish  War
 Veterans  of  the  United States, Inc., Italian American War Veterans of
 the United States, Incorporated, Masonic War Veterans of  the  State  of
 New  York, Inc., Veterans of World War I of the United States of America
 Department of New York, Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War  II,
 Amsterdam,  N.Y.,  Inc., Polish-American Veterans of World War II, Sche-
 nectady, N.Y., Inc., Polish Legion of American Veterans,  Inc.,  Vietnam
 Veterans   of  America  or  other  veteran  organization  of  [honorably
 discharged] members of the armed forces of the  United  States  WHO  (A)
 WERE  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  FROM  SUCH SERVICE OR (B) HAVE A QUALIFYING
 CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW,  AND  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) ARE DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  or
 to  an  incorporated  organization or an association of either active or
 exempt volunteer  firefighters,  a  public  building  or  part  thereof,
 belonging  to  such municipal corporation, except schoolhouses in actual
 use as such, without expense, or at a nominal rent, fixed by  the  board
 or  council  having  charge  of such buildings and provide furniture and
 furnishings, and heat, light  and  janitor  service  therefor,  in  like
 manner.
   § 43. Section 117-c of the highway law, as added by chapter 387 of the
 laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   §  117-c. Hawking, peddling, vending, sale of goods, wares or merchan-
 dise; Erie county; certain areas. Notwithstanding any law to the contra-
 ry, except section thirty-five of the general business law,  the  county
 of  Erie  shall have the power to enact a local law prohibiting hawking,
 peddling, vending and sale of goods, wares or merchandise  or  solicita-
 tion  of  trade  in the right-of-way of county roads adjacent to arenas,
 stadiums, auditoriums or like facilities, which contain  fifty  thousand
 or more seats, which are used for events likely to attract large numbers
 of  spectators,  including  but  not limited to home games of a National
 Football League franchise. Provided, however, that the  power  to  enact
 such  local  law  shall  be subject to the requirement that provision be
 made, by lease agreement, regulation  or  otherwise,  for  the  hawking,
 peddling,  vending and sales of goods, wares or merchandise or solicita-
 tion of trade in designated vending areas on the ground of  county-owned
 lands leased for use as an arena, stadium or auditorium or like facility
 which  contain  fifty  thousand or more seats; and further provided that
 [honorably discharged] members of the armed forces of the United  States
 who (A) WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (B) HAVE A QUAL-
 IFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXEC-

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 UTIVE  LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONOR-
 ABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) ARE DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS, AS  DEFINED
 IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, AND
 WHO are entitled to hawk, vend, sell or peddle merchandise in the public
 right-of-way pursuant to sections  thirty-two  and  thirty-five  of  the
 general  business law, shall be given first preference in any assignment
 or vending locations or in the allocation of such locations.
   § 44. Subparagraph (F) of paragraph 3 of  subsection  (e)  of  section
 2104  of  the  insurance  law,  as amended by chapter 687 of the laws of
 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (F) served as a member of the armed forces of the United States at any
 time, and shall (I) have been discharged  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable,  OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, and who within three years  prior  to
 his  entry  into the armed forces held a license as insurance broker for
 similar lines, provided his application for such license is filed before
 one year from the date of final discharge; or
   § 45. Paragraph 2 of subsection (f) of section 2104 of  the  insurance
 law is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  No  license  fee  shall be required of any person who served as a
 member of the armed forces of the United States at any time, and who (A)
 shall have been discharged, under conditions other than dishonorable, OR
 (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  in  a current licensing period, for the duration of such
 period.
   § 46. Paragraph 11 of subsection (j) of section 2103 of the  insurance
 law,  as added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (11) No license fee shall be required of any person who  served  as  a
 member  of the armed forces of the United States at any time and who (A)
 shall have  been  discharged  therefrom,  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable,  OR  (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, in a current  licensing  period,  for
 the duration of such period.
   §  47.  Paragraph 2 of subsection (i) of section 2108 of the insurance
 law is amended to read as follows:
   (2) No license fee shall be required of any person  who  served  as  a
 member  of the armed forces of the United States at any time and who (A)
 shall have been discharged, under conditions other than dishonorable, OR
 (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,

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 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  in  a current licensing period, for the duration of such
 period.
   §  48. Paragraph 10 of subsection (h) of section 2137 of the insurance
 law, as added by chapter 499 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (10)  No  license  fee shall be required of any person who served as a
 member of the armed forces of the United States at any time and who  (A)
 shall  have  been  discharged  therefrom,  under  conditions  other than
 dishonorable, OR (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR  (C)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH SERVICE, in a current licensing period, for
 the duration of such period.
   § 49. Paragraph 11 of subsection (i) of section 2139 of the  insurance
 law, as added by section 14 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of 2014,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (11)  No  license  fee shall be required of any person who served as a
 member of the armed forces of the United States at any time, and who (A)
 shall  have  been  discharged  therefrom  under  conditions  other  than
 dishonorable,  OR  (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, in a current licensing period for the
 duration of such period.
   § 50. Section 466 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter  455  of
 the laws of 1960, is amended to read as follows:
   §  466. Attorney's oath of office. Each person, admitted as prescribed
 in this chapter must, upon his OR HER admission, take the constitutional
 oath of office in open court, and subscribe the same in a roll or  book,
 to  be  kept in the office of the clerk of the appellate division of the
 supreme court for that purpose.
   Any person now in actual service in the armed  forces  of  the  United
 States  or  whose induction or enlistment therein is imminent, or within
 sixty days after [he] SUCH PERSON (1) has been honorably discharged,  OR
 (2) HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  IF SUCH PERSON HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, OR (3) HAS RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, IF
 SUCH PERSON IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE LAW, if the appellate division of the
 supreme court in the department in which such person resides is  not  in
 session, may subscribe and take the oath before a justice of that court,
 with the same force and effect as if it were taken in open court, except
 that in the first department the oath must be taken before the presiding
 justice or, in his OR HER absence, before the senior justice.
   §  51.  Subdivision  3  of section 20 of the military law, as added by
 chapter 825 of the laws of 1950, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Any person who has served as a commissioned or warrant  officer  in
 the  organized  militia  or in the armed forces of the United States and
 (A) has been honorably discharged therefrom, OR  (B)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING
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 LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, may
 be commissioned and placed on the state  reserve  list  in  the  highest
 grade previously held by him after complying with such conditions as may
 be prescribed by regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.
   §  52. Subdivision 2 of section 238 of the military law, as amended by
 chapter 302 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Any person, except members  of  the  armed  forces  of  the  United
 States,  members  of  the  organized militia of this or any other state,
 personnel  of  the  independent  military  organizations  designated  in
 section two hundred forty of this article, members of associations whol-
 ly  composed of persons WHO (A) WERE honorably discharged from the armed
 forces of the United States, OR (B)  HAVE  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  THE
 ARMED  FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR (C) ARE DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  THE
 ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES, and members of associations wholly
 composed of sons of veterans of any war of the United States, who  shall
 wear any uniform or any device, strap, knot or insignia of any design or
 character used as a designation of grade, rank or office, such as are by
 law  or  by  regulation, duly promulgated, prescribed for the use of the
 organized militia or similar thereto; or,
   § 53. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section  243  of  the
 military  law,  paragraph  (b)  as amended by chapter 248 of the laws of
 2001 and paragraph (c) as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 1953,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  The term "military duty" shall mean military service in the mili-
 tary, naval, aviation or marine service of the United States  subsequent
 to  July  first,  nineteen hundred forty, or service under the selective
 training and service act of nineteen  hundred  forty,  or  the  national
 guard  and  reserve officers mobilization act of nineteen hundred forty,
 or any other act of congress supplementary or amendatory thereto, or any
 similar act of congress hereafter enacted and irrespective of  the  fact
 that  such  service  was  entered  upon following a voluntary enlistment
 therefor or was required under one of the foregoing acts of congress, or
 service with the United States public health service as  a  commissioned
 officer,  or  service  with  the American Red Cross while with the armed
 forces of the United States on foreign  service,  or  service  with  the
 special  services  section  of  the armed forces of the United States on
 foreign service, or service in the merchant marine which  shall  consist
 of  service as an officer or member of the crew on or in connection with
 a vessel documented under the laws of the  United  States  or  a  vessel
 owned  by, chartered to, or operated by or for the account or use of the
 government of the United States, or service by one who was  employed  by
 the  War  Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or
 their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States  Coast
 Guard  or  Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the
 United States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United
 States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transpor-
 tation  Service;  and  who served satisfactorily as a crew member during
 the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-
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 vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service
 as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501)  and
 further  to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and
 Canada,  Mexico,  or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels
 in oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certif-
 icate  of  Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certif-
 icate, or an Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from  the
 Department  of  Defense,  or  who  served  as  a  United States civilian
 employed by the American Field Service and served overseas under  United
 States  Armies  and United States Army Groups in world war II during the
 period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (I) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS
 A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, or who served as a  United  States  civilian  Flight  Crew  and
 Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of
 its  subsidiaries  or  its affiliates and served overseas as a result of
 Pan American's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval  Air  Trans-
 port  Service  during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth,
 nineteen hundred forty-one through August fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred
 forty-five,  and  who  (IV)  was  discharged or released therefrom under
 honorable conditions, OR (V) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (VI)  IS  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE; or service in police duty on
 behalf of the United States government in a  foreign  country,  if  such
 person  is  a police officer, as defined by section 1.20 of the criminal
 procedure law, and if such police officer obtained the prior consent  of
 his  or her public employer to absent himself or herself from his or her
 position to engage in the performance of such service; or as an enrollee
 in the United States maritime service on active duty and, to such extent
 as may be prescribed by or under the laws  of  the  United  States,  any
 period  awaiting  assignment to such service and any period of education
 or training for such service in any  school  or  institution  under  the
 jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  government, but shall not include
 temporary and intermittent gratuitous service in any reserve or auxilia-
 ry force. It shall include time spent in  reporting  for  and  returning
 from  military  duty  and  shall  be  deemed to commence when the public
 employee leaves his position and to end when he  is  reinstated  to  his
 position,  provided  such  reinstatement is within ninety days after the
 termination of military duty, as hereinafter defined.    Notwithstanding
 the  foregoing  provisions  of  this paragraph, the term "military duty"
 shall not include any of the foregoing services entered upon voluntarily
 on or after January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven and before  June
 twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred fifty; and, on or after July first, nine-
 teen  hundred  seventy,  the  term "military duty" shall not include any
 voluntary service in excess of four years performed after that date,  or
 the  total of any voluntary services, additional or otherwise, in excess
 of four years performed after that date, shall not exceed five years, if
 the service in excess of four years  is  at  the  request  and  for  the

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 convenience  of the federal government, except if such voluntary service
 is performed during a period of war, or national emergency  declared  by
 the president.
   (c)  The  term "termination of military duty" shall mean the date of a
 certificate of honorable discharge or a  certificate  of  completion  of
 training  and service as set forth in the selective training and service
 act of nineteen hundred forty, and the national guard and reserve  offi-
 cers  mobilization act of nineteen hundred forty or, OR A CERTIFICATE OF
 RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY WHERE AN EMPLOYEE (I) HAS A QUALI-
 FYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW, AND HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (II) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  in  the  event of the incurrence of a temporary disability
 arising out of and in the course of such  military  duty,  the  date  of
 termination  of  such  disability. The existence and termination of such
 temporary disability, in the case of a public employee occupying a posi-
 tion in the classified civil service or of a person on an eligible  list
 for a position in such service, shall be determined by the civil service
 commission  having jurisdiction over such position and, in the case of a
 public employee  occupying  a  position  not  in  the  classified  civil
 service,  shall be determined by the officer or body having the power of
 appointment.
   § 54. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  4-b  of
 section  243  of  the military law, subparagraph 1 as amended by chapter
 739 of the laws of 1987 and subparagraph 2 as amended by chapter 467  of
 the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  "New  York  city  veteran of world war II". Any member of the New
 York city employees' retirement system in city-service  who,  after  his
 last  membership  in  such system began, served as a member of the armed
 forces of the United States during  the  period  beginning  on  December
 seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one and ending on December thirty-first,
 nineteen hundred forty-six, and (I) was honorably discharged or released
 under  honorable circumstances from such service, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFY-
 ING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF  THE  EXECU-
 TIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE.
   (2)  "New York city veteran of the Korean conflict." Any member of the
 New York city employees' retirement system in  city-service  who,  after
 his  last  membership  in  such  system began, served as a member of the
 armed forces of the United States during the  period  beginning  on  the
 twenty-seventh  of  June, nineteen hundred fifty and ending on the thir-
 ty-first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-five, and (I) was honor-
 ably discharged or released  under  honorable  circumstances  from  such
 service, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (III)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   §  55.  Section  245 of the military law, as amended by chapter 713 of
 the laws of 1964, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 245. Retirement allowances of certain war veterans.  Any member of a
 teachers' retirement system to which the city of New York is required by
 law to make contributions on account of such member who (I) is an honor-
 ably discharged member of any branch of the armed forces of  the  United
 States,  OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE,  having
 served  as  such  during the time of war and who has attained the age of
 fifty years, may retire upon his own request upon written application to
 the board setting forth at what time not less than  thirty  days  subse-
 quent  to  the  execution  and  filing thereof he desires to be retired,
 provided that such member at the time so specified  for  his  retirement
 shall  have  completed  at least twenty-five years of allowable service.
 Upon retirement such member shall receive an annuity of equivalent actu-
 arial value to his accumulated deductions, and, in addition,  a  pension
 beginning  immediately, having a value equal to the present value of the
 pension that would have become payable had he continued at  his  current
 salary  to  the  age  at  which  he would have first become eligible for
 service retirement, provided, however, that the said  member  on  making
 application  for  retirement shall pay into the retirement fund a sum of
 money which calculated on an actuarial basis, together  with  his  prior
 contributions  and  other accumulations in said fund then to his credit,
 shall be sufficient to entitle the said member to the same  annuity  and
 pension  that  he  would have received had he remained in the service of
 the city until he had attained the age at which he otherwise would  have
 first become eligible for service retirement.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of any general,
 special  or  local  law  or  code  to the contrary, a member of any such
 teachers' retirement system who (I) is  separated  or  discharged  under
 honorable  conditions  from any branch of the armed forces of the United
 States, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE, having
 served as such during the time of war and who has attained  the  age  of
 fifty years, may retire upon his own request upon written application to
 the  board  setting forth at what time, not less than thirty days subse-
 quent to the execution and filing thereof, he  desires  to  be  retired,
 provided  that  such member at that time so specified for his retirement
 shall have completed at least twenty-five years  of  allowable  service.
 Upon  reaching  his  previously  selected  minimum  retirement age, such
 member shall receive an annuity of equivalent actuarial value,  at  that
 time,  to  his accumulated deductions, and, in addition, a pension based
 upon his credited years of allowable service, plus  the  pension-for-in-
 creased-take-home-pay,  if any.   Should such member die before reaching
 his retirement age, then any beneficiary under a selected  option  shall
 be  eligible  for  benefits under such option at the date upon which the
 member would have reached his selected retirement age.
   § 56. Section 249 of the military law, as added by chapter 420 of  the
 laws of 1953, is amended to read as follows:
   § 249. State  and  municipal  officers and employees granted leaves of
 absence on July fourth in certain cases.  Each officer and  employee  of
 the state or of a municipal corporation or of any other political subdi-

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 vision  thereof  who was a member of the national guard or naval militia
 or a member of the reserve corps at a time when the  United  States  was
 not  at war and who (I) has been honorably discharged therefrom, OR (II)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT  VETER-
 AN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND
 HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  shall,  in  so far as practicable, be entitled to absent
 himself from his duties or service, with pay, on  July  fourth  of  each
 year.    Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local
 law or the provisions of any city charter, no such officer  or  employee
 shall  be  subjected  by  any  person whatever directly or indirectly by
 reason of such absence to any loss or diminution of vacation or  holiday
 privilege  or  be prejudiced by reason of such absence with reference to
 promotion or continuance in office or employment or to reappointment  to
 office or to re-employment.
   §  57.  Subdivision  3  of section 1271 of the private housing finance
 law, as added by section 1 of part Y of chapter 56 of the laws of  2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
   3. "Veteran" shall mean a resident of this state who (a) has served in
 the  United States army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard or
 (b) has served on active duty or ordered to active duty as defined in 10
 USC 101 (d)(1) as a member of the national guard or other reserve compo-
 nent of the armed forces of the United  States  or  (c)  has  served  on
 active  duty or ordered to active duty for the state, as a member of the
 state organized militia as defined in subdivision nine of section one of
 the military law, and has been released from such service documented  by
 an  honorable  or  general  discharge, OR HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   § 58. Subdivision 8-a of section 2165 of the  public  health  law,  as
 added by chapter 542 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   8-a. Proof of [honorable] discharge from the armed services within ten
 years  from the date of application to an institution shall qualify as a
 certificate enabling a student to attend the institution pending  actual
 receipt of immunization records from the armed services. If while await-
 ing the receipt of actual immunization records a health risk shall arise
 at an institution, a student presenting a certificate under the terms of
 this subdivision shall be removed from the institution if proper immuni-
 zation cannot be proved or otherwise rectified.
   §  59.  The  opening  paragraph  and paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of
 section 2632 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 414 of  the
 laws of 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   Every  veteran  of  the armed forces of the United States, who (i) (A)
 was separated or discharged under honorable conditions after serving  on
 active  duty  therein  for a period of not less than thirty days, OR (B)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE AFTER SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY THEREIN FOR A PERIOD OF NOT
 LESS  THAN  THIRTY DAYS, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE AFTER SERVING ON ACTIVE

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 DUTY  THEREIN FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS, or (ii) (A) was
 separated or discharged under  honorable  conditions  after  serving  on
 active duty therein for a period of not less than thirty days OR (B) HAS
 A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE AFTER SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY THEREIN FOR A  PERIOD  OF  NOT
 LESS  THAN  THIRTY DAYS, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE AFTER SERVING ON ACTIVE
 DUTY  THEREIN  FOR  A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS, and who was a
 recipient of the armed forces expeditionary  medal,  navy  expeditionary
 medal  or  marine  corps  expeditionary medal for participation in oper-
 ations in Lebanon from June  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-three  to
 December  first,  nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October
 twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three  to  November  twenty-first,
 nineteen  hundred  eighty-three,  or  in Panama from December twentieth,
 nineteen hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
 ninety,  or in Bosnia and Herzgegovina from November twenty-first, nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five to November first, two thousand seven, or was a
 recipient of the Kosovo campaign medal or (iii)  (A)  was  separated  or
 discharged under honorable conditions after serving on active duty ther-
 ein  for  a  period of not less than thirty days OR (B) HAS A QUALIFYING
 CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 AFTER SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY THEREIN FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THIR-
 TY  DAYS,  OR  (C)  IS  A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE AFTER SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY
 THEREIN FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS, and who served during
 the period of actual hostilities of either
   (d) world war II between December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one
 and  December  thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-six, both inclusive,
 or who was employed by the War  Shipping  Administration  or  Office  of
 Defense  Transportation  or their agents as a merchant seaman documented
 by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,  or  as  a
 civil  servant  employed  by  the  United  States Army Transport Service
 (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation  Corps,
 Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation Service; and who served
 satisfactorily as a crew member during the  period  of  armed  conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e.,
 foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such  terms  are  defined
 under  federal  law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include "near
 foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,  Mexico,  or  the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign  waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release or
 Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an  Honorable
 Service  Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of Defense,
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict,  Decem-
 ber  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one through May eighth, nineteen
 hundred forty-five, and who (I) was  discharged  or  released  therefrom
 under  honorable  conditions,  OR  (II)  HAS  A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH

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 SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or who  served
 as  a  United  States  civilian  Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
 with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
 period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (IV)
 was  discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (V)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (VI) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE; or
   § 60. Subdivision 3 of section 3422 of the public health law, as added
 by chapter 854 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A  candidate  who fails to attain a passing grade on his licensing
 examination is entitled to a maximum of three re-examinations; provided,
 however, that if such candidate fails to attain a passing  grade  within
 three  years  after  completion  of  his  training, he must requalify in
 accordance with the provisions of the public health law  and  rules  and
 regulations  promulgated thereunder existing and in force as of the date
 of subsequent application  for  licensing  examination,  except  that  a
 satisfactorily  completed  required  course  of study need not be recom-
 pleted. A candidate inducted into the armed forces of the United  States
 during or after completion of training may (A) after honorable discharge
 OR  (B)  AFTER  A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE WHERE
 THE CANDIDATE (I) HAS A QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, OR (II) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 and upon proper application as required by the  department  be  eligible
 for an exemption with respect to time served in such service.
   § 61. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 156 of
 the  public  housing law, as amended by chapter 639 of the laws of 1968,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (2) (I) have been thereafter discharged or  released  therefrom  under
 conditions other than dishonorable, OR (II) HAVE A QUALIFYING CONDITION,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR (III) ARE DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, or  (IV)  died
 in  such service, not more than five years prior to the time of applica-
 tion for admission to such project, and
   § 62. Section 63 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 179
 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
   § 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans' day.
 It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every
 court of the state of New York, of every superintendent  or  foreman  on
 the  public  works  of said state, of the county officers of the several
 counties of said state, of the town officers of  the  various  towns  in
 this  state, of the fire district officers of the various fire districts
 in this state, and of the head of every department, bureau and office in
 the government of the various cities and villages in this state, and the

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 officers of any public benefit corporation or any  public  authority  of
 this  state, or of any public benefit corporation or public authority of
 any county or subdivision of this state, to give leave of  absence  with
 pay for twenty-four hours on the day prescribed by law as a public holi-
 day for the observance of Memorial day and on the eleventh day of Novem-
 ber,  known  as  Veterans'  day,  to  every person in the service of the
 state, the county, the town, the fire district, the city or village, the
 public benefit corporation or public authority of  this  state,  or  any
 public benefit corporation or public authority of any county or subdivi-
 sion of this state, as the case may be, (i) who served on active duty in
 the  armed  forces  of the United States during world war I or world war
 II, or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office  of
 Defense  Transportation  or their agents as a merchant seaman documented
 by the United States Coast Guard or Department  of  Commerce,  or  as  a
 civil  servant  employed  by  the  United  States Army Transport Service
 (later redesignated as the  United  States  Army  Transportation  Corps,
 Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation Service; and who served
 satisfactorily as a crew member during the  period  of  armed  conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e.,
 foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such  terms  are  defined
 under  federal  law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include "near
 foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,  Mexico,  or  the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign  waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release or
 Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an  Honorable
 Service  Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of Defense,
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict,  Decem-
 ber  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one through May eighth, nineteen
 hundred forty-five, and who (A) was  discharged  or  released  therefrom
 under  honorable  conditions,  OR  (B)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT  VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE or  who  served
 as  a  United  States  civilian  Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
 with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
 period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 one  through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (D)
 was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR  (E)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (F) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT  VETERAN,
 AS  DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE  or during the period of the Korean conflict at any time between
 the dates of June twenty-seventh, nineteen  hundred  fifty  and  January
 thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred fifty-five, or during the period of the
 Vietnam conflict  from  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  February,  nineteen
 hundred  sixty-one  to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-
 five, or (ii) who served on active duty  in  the  armed  forces  of  the

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 United  States and who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary
 medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine corps expeditionary medal  for
 participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, in Grena-
 da  from October twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-three to November
 twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or in Panama from  December
 twentieth,  nineteen  hundred eighty-nine to January thirty-first, nine-
 teen hundred ninety, or (iii) who  served  in  the  armed  forces  of  a
 foreign  country  allied  with  the  United States during world war I or
 world war II, or during the period of the Korean conflict  at  any  time
 between  June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and January thirty-
 first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during the period of the  Vietnam
 conflict  from  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  February,  nineteen hundred
 sixty-one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred  seventy-five,  or
 during  the  period  of the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of
 August, nineteen hundred ninety to the end  of  such  conflict,  or  who
 served  on  active duty in the army or navy or marine corps or air force
 or coast  guard  of  the  United  States,  and  who  (A)  was  honorably
 discharged or separated from such service under honorable conditions, OR
 (B)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE except where such action would endanger the  public  safety
 or  the  safety  or  health  of persons cared for by the state, in which
 event such persons shall be entitled to leave of  absence  with  pay  on
 another  day  in lieu thereof. All such persons who are compensated on a
 per diem, hourly, semi-monthly or monthly basis, with or without mainte-
 nance, shall also be entitled to leave of absence  with  pay  under  the
 provisions  of  this  section  and no deduction in vacation allowance or
 budgetary allowable number of working days shall be made in lieu  there-
 of.  A  refusal  to  give  such leave of absence to one entitled thereto
 shall be neglect of duty.
   § 63. Subdivision 2 of section 458 of the real property  tax  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  63  of  the  laws  of  1976, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2.  Real  property  purchased  with  moneys   collected   by   popular
 subscription  in  partial recognition of extraordinary services rendered
 by any [honorably discharged] veteran of world war one, world  war  two,
 or  of  the  hostilities  which  commenced June twenty-seventh, nineteen
 hundred fifty, who (A) WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (B)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (C) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE, AND WHO sustained permanent disability while  on  military
 duty,  either  total  or  partial, and owned by the person who sustained
 such injuries, or by his or her spouse or unremarried surviving  spouse,
 or  dependent  father  or  mother,  is  subject  to  taxation  as herein
 provided. Such property shall be assessed in the same  manner  as  other
 real  property  in  the tax district. At the meeting of the assessors to
 hear complaints concerning the assessments, a verified  application  for
 the  exemption  of  such real property from taxation may be presented to
 them by or on behalf of the owner thereof, which application  must  show

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 the  facts  on  which  the exemption is claimed, including the amount of
 moneys so raised and used in or toward the purchase of such property. No
 exemption on account of any such gift shall be allowed in excess of five
 thousand  dollars.  The application for exemption shall be presented and
 action thereon taken in the manner provided by subdivision one  of  this
 section.  If no application for exemption be granted, the property shall
 be subject to taxation for all purposes. The provisions herein, relating
 to the assessment and exemption of property purchased with moneys raised
 by popular subscription, apply and shall be enforced in  each  municipal
 corporation authorized to levy taxes.
   §  64. Subdivision 4-a of section 458 of the real property tax law, as
 amended by chapter 616 of the laws  of  1995,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4-a.  For  the  purposes  of this section, the term "military or naval
 services" shall be deemed to also include service: (a) by a  person  who
 was  employed  by  the  War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense
 Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman  documented  by  the
 United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil serv-
 ant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later redesig-
 nated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or
 the  Naval  Transportation  Service;  and who served satisfactorily as a
 crew member during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nine-
 teen hundred forty-one, to August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  aboard  merchant  vessels  in  oceangoing,  i.e., foreign, inter-
 coastal, or coastwise service as such terms are  defined  under  federal
 law  (46  USCA  10301  &  10501)  and  further to include "near foreign"
 voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies
 via ocean routes, or public vessels in  oceangoing  service  or  foreign
 waters  and  who has received a Certificate of Release or Discharge from
 Active Duty  and  a  discharge  certificate,  or  an  Honorable  Service
 Certificate/Report  of  Casualty,  from  the  department of defense; (b)
 service by a United States  civilian  employed  by  the  American  Field
 Service who served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army  Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  May  eighth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (I) was discharged or released therefrom
 under honorable conditions, OR  (II)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR  (III)  IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE; or (c) service
 by  a  United  States  civilian  Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates who served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
 with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
 period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 one  through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (I)
 was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETER-
 AN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  AND
 HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE.

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   § 65. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of  section  458-a  of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 384 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  "Veteran"  means  a person (i) who served in the active military,
 naval, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recipient  of
 the  armed  forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine
 corps expeditionary medal, or  global  war  on  terrorism  expeditionary
 medal,  and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, OR (2) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR  (3)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  (ii) who was employed by the War
 Shipping Administration or Office of  Defense  Transportation  or  their
 agents  as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard
 or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the  United
 States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States
 Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 defense, (iii) who served as a United States civilian  employed  by  the
 American  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (1) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (2) HAS  A  QUALIFYING
 CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, (iv)
 who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and  Aviation  Ground
 Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsid-
 iaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service
 during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,  December fourteenth, nineteen
 hundred forty-one through August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-
 five,  and  who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable
 conditions, OR (2) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE
 OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR  (3)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  or (v) notwithstanding any other
 provision of law to the contrary, who are members of the reserve  compo-
 nents  of  the  armed  forces  of  the United States who (1) received an
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 (2)  HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE,  but  are  still members of the reserve components of the
 armed forces of the United States provided that such  members  meet  all
 other qualifications under the provisions of this section.
   § 66. Subdivision 10 of section 458-a of the real property tax law, as
 amended  by  chapter  141  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   10. A county, city, town, village or school district may adopt a local
 law or resolution to include those military personnel who served in  the
 Reserve  component of the United States Armed Forces that were deemed on
 active duty under Executive Order 11519 signed March twenty-third, nine-
 teen hundred seventy, 35 Federal  Register  5003,  dated  March  twenty-
 fourth,  nineteen  hundred  seventy  and  later designated by the United
 States Department of Defense as Operation Graphic Hand, if  such  member
 (1)  was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR
 (2) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH  SERVICE, provided that such veteran meets all other qualifications
 of this section.
   § 67. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  458-b  of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  6 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Cold War veteran" means a person, male or female, who  served  on
 active  duty  in  the United States armed forces, during the time period
 from September second, nineteen hundred forty-five to  December  twenty-
 sixth,  nineteen  hundred ninety-one, and (I) was discharged or released
 therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDI-
 TION,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A  DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   § 68. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  1  of  section
 122 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 214 of the laws of
 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   (v)  any alien lawfully residing in the state who is on active duty in
 the armed forces (other than active duty for training) or  who  (1)  has
 received  an  honorable  discharge (and not on account of alienage) from
 the armed forces, OR (2) HAS  A  QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE (AND NOT ON ACCOUNT  OF
 ALIENAGE) FROM THE ARMED FORCES, OR (3) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE (AND NOT  ON
 ACCOUNT  OF  ALIENAGE) FROM THE ARMED FORCES, or the spouse, unremarried
 surviving spouse or unmarried dependent child of any such alien, if such
 alien, spouse or dependent child is a  qualified  alien  as  defined  in
 section  431 of the federal personal responsibility and work opportunity
 reconciliation act of 1996 (8 U.S. Code 1641), as amended;

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   § 69. Subdivision 1 of section 168 of  the  social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  467  of  the  laws  of 1991, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Veteran means a person, male or female, who has served in the armed
 forces  of  the  United States in time of war, or who was a recipient of
 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal or marine
 corps expeditionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon
 from  June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nine-
 teen hundred eighty-seven, in Grenada from October  twenty-third,  nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-three  to  November twenty-first, nineteen hundred
 eighty-three, or in Panama from  December  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-nine  to  January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, and who
 (1) has been honorably discharged or released  under  honorable  circum-
 stances  from  such  service  or furloughed to the reserve, OR (2) HAS A
 QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (3) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS
 RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE.
   §  70.  Paragraph  5  of  subdivision  2  of section 168 of the social
 services law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws of 1995, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (5)  World  war II; from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred
 forty-one to and including the thirty-first day  of  December,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-six,  or  who  was  employed by the War Shipping Adminis-
 tration or Office  of  Defense  Transportation  or  their  agents  as  a
 merchant  seaman  documented by the United States Coast Guard or Depart-
 ment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by  the  United  States
 Army  Transport  Service  (later  redesignated as the United States Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Ameri-
 can Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies  and
 United  States  Army  Groups  in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (I) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS A  QUALIFYING
 CONDITION,  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  or
 who  served  as a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground
 Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or  one  of  its  subsid-
 iaries  or  its affiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service

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 during the period  of  armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-
 five, and who (IV) was discharged or released therefrom under  honorable
 conditions,  OR  (V)  HAS  A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE
 OTHER  THAN  BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (VI) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   § 71. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  29  of  section
 210-B of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part Q of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  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  (I) was released from active duty by general or honorable
 discharge after September eleventh, two thousand  one,  OR  (II)  HAS  A
 QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND
 ONE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEV-
 ENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE;
   § 72. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 2 of subsection (a-2)  of  section
 606  of  the tax law, as amended by section 2 of part Q of chapter 59 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (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 (I) was released from active duty by general  or  honorable
 discharge  after  September  eleventh,  two  thousand one, OR (II) HAS A
 QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND  HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND
 ONE,  OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEV-
 ENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE;
   §  73.  Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 2 of subsection (g-1) of section
 1511 of the tax law, as amended by section 3 of part Q of chapter 59  of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (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  (I) was released from active duty by general or honorable
 discharge after September eleventh, two thousand  one,  OR  (II)  HAS  A
 QUALIFYING  CONDITION,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND
 ONE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER

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 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEV-
 ENTH, TWO THOUSAND ONE;
   §  74.  Section  295 of the town law, as amended by chapter 658 of the
 laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   § 295. Removal of remains of deceased members of armed forces. Upon  a
 verified petition presented to a judge of a court of record by any armed
 forces'  organization in any town or city in this state by a majority of
 its officers, or a majority of any memorial committee  in  any  town  or
 city where there are two or more veteran armed forces' organizations, or
 in  towns  or  cities where there are no veteran armed forces' organiza-
 tions, upon the petition of five or more veterans of the  armed  forces,
 the  judge  to  whom  said  verified petition is presented shall make an
 order to show cause, returnable before him at a time  and  place  within
 the  county  in not less than fourteen or more than twenty days from the
 date of presentation of said petition, why the remains of  any  deceased
 members  of  the  armed  forces  buried  in  potter's  field,  or in any
 neglected or abandoned cemeteries, should not be removed  to  and  rein-
 terred in a properly kept incorporated cemetery in the same town or city
 or  in  a  town  adjoining  the  town  or city in which the remains of a
 deceased member of the armed forces are buried, and to fix the amount of
 the expenses for such removal and reinterment, and  the  order  to  show
 cause shall provide for its publication in a newspaper, to be designated
 in  the order, which is published nearest to the cemetery from which the
 removal is sought to be made, once  in  each  week  for  two  successive
 weeks.  The verified petition presented to the judge shall show that the
 petitioners are a majority of the officers of  a  veteran  armed  forces
 organization,  or  a majority of a memorial committee in towns or cities
 where two or more veteran armed forces organizations exist, or that  the
 petitioners  are  honorably  discharged  veterans of the armed forces in
 towns or cities where no veteran armed forces  organization  exists,  OR
 THAT  THE PETITIONERS HAVE A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AND ARE IN  TOWNS  OR
 CITIES  WHERE  NO  VETERAN ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATIONS EXIST, OR THAT THE
 PETITIONERS ARE DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE  AND  ARE  IN  TOWNS  AND
 CITIES  WHERE  NO  VETERAN ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATIONS EXIST, and (1) the
 name of the deceased member  or  members  of  the  armed  forces,  whose
 remains  are  sought to be removed, and if known the unit in which he or
 they served; (2) the name and location of the cemetery in  which  he  is
 interred  and  from  which removal is asked to be made; (3) the name and
 location of the incorporated cemetery to which the remains  are  desired
 to be removed and reinterred; (4) the facts showing the reasons for such
 removal.  Upon the return day of the order to show cause and at the time
 and place fixed in said order, upon filing proof of publication  of  the
 order  to show cause with the judge, if no objection is made thereto, he
 shall make an order  directing  the  removal  of  the  remains  of  said
 deceased  member  or  members of the armed forces to the cemetery desig-
 nated in the petition within the town or city or within a town adjoining
 the town or city in which the remains are then buried and shall  specify
 in  the order the amount of the expenses of such removal, which expenses
 of removal and reinterment, including  the  expense  of  the  proceeding
 under  this section, shall be a charge upon the county in which the town
 or city is situated from which the removal is  made  and  such  expenses
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 county and paid in the same manner as other county charges. On and after
 the removal and reinterment of the remains of  the  deceased  member  or
 members  of the armed forces in the armed forces' plot, the expenses for
 annual  care  of the grave in the armed forces' burial plot to which the
 removal is made shall be annually provided by the town or city in  which
 the  remains were originally buried, at the rate of not to exceed twenty
 dollars per grave, and shall be paid annually to the incorporated  ceme-
 tery  association  to  which  the remains of each deceased member of the
 armed forces may be removed and reinterred. The petition and order shall
 be filed in the county clerk's office of the county in which the remains
 of the deceased member of the armed forces were originally interred, and
 the service of a certified copy of the final  order  upon  the  cemetery
 association  shall  be  made  prior  to any removal. Any relative of the
 deceased member or members of the armed forces, or the  officer  of  any
 cemetery  association  in  which  the  remains of the deceased member or
 members of the armed forces were originally interred, or the authorities
 of the county in which the member or members of the  armed  forces  were
 originally  buried,  may oppose the granting of said order and the judge
 shall summarily hear the statement of the parties and make such order as
 the justice and equity of the application shall require.  Any  headstone
 or  monument  which  marks the grave of the deceased member of the armed
 forces shall be removed and reset at the grave in the cemetery in  which
 the  removal  is  permitted  to be made and in each case the final order
 shall provide the amount of the expenses of such removals  and  reinter-
 ment  and resetting of the headstone or monument, including the expenses
 of the proceedings under this section; except that  where  provision  is
 otherwise made for the purchase or erection of a new headstone, monument
 or  marker at the grave in the cemetery to which such removal is permit-
 ted, such old headstone or monument need not be so removed and reset, in
 which case such final order shall not provide for the expense of  reset-
 ting.  The  order shall designate the person or persons having charge of
 the removals and reinterments. Upon completion of the removal,  reinter-
 ment and resetting of the headstones or monuments, the person or persons
 having  charge  of the same shall make a verified report of the removal,
 reinterment and resetting of the headstone  or  monument  and  file  the
 report  in the clerk's office of the proper county. The words "member of
 the armed forces" shall be construed to mean [an honorably discharged] A
 member of the armed forces who served in the armed forces of the  United
 States  AND  WHO  (5) WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (6)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR  DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (7) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN,
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, and the words "armed forces plot" shall be construed to mean  a
 plot  of  land  in any incorporated cemetery set apart to be exclusively
 used as a place for interring the remains of deceased  veterans  of  the
 armed forces of the United States.
   §  75. Section 404-v of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chap-
 ter 389 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   § 404-v. Distinctive plates for the United States Naval  Armed  Guard.
 1.  Any  [honorably  discharged] member of the United States Naval Armed
 Guard residing in this state shall, upon request, be  issued  a  license
 plate bearing the words "United States Naval Armed Guard", or such other
 phrase as the commissioner shall designate showing the registrant served
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 plate shall be filed with the commissioner in such form  and  detail  as
 the commissioner shall prescribe.
   2.  The distinctive plate authorized pursuant to this section shall be
 issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the  applicant
 is  [an  honorably discharged] A veteran who served in the United States
 Naval Armed Guard  AND  WHO  (1)  WAS  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  OR (2) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER
 THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (3) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
 in the same manner as other number plates upon payment  of  the  regular
 registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this article,
 provided,  however,  that  an  additional one-time service charge of ten
 dollars shall be charged for such plate.  Provided,  however,  that  one
 year  after  the  effective  date of this section funds in the amount of
 five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available, shall  be
 allocated  from  such funds to the department to offset costs associated
 with the production of such license plates.
   § 76. Subdivision 1 of section 404-w of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  105  of  the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Any war on terror  veteran  residing  in  this  state  shall,  upon
 request,  be  issued  a  license  plate bearing the words "War on Terror
 veteran". Application for said license plate shall  be  filed  with  the
 commissioner   in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner  shall
 prescribe. For purposes of this section, a "war on terror" veteran shall
 mean:
   (a) a person who served in the armed forces of the  United  States  in
 the  hostilities that occurred in the Persian Gulf from the eleventh day
 of September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who  (I)
 was  discharged  therefrom  under other than dishonorable conditions, OR
 (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE; or
   (b) a person who served in the armed forces of the  United  States  in
 the  hostilities  that  occurred in Afghanistan from the eleventh day of
 September, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, who (I) was
 discharged therefrom under other than dishonorable conditions,  OR  (II)
 HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT  VETER-
 AN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND
 HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM
 SUCH SERVICE.
   §  77.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-w of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 493 of the laws of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3. For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf veteran" shall mean
 a person who is a resident of this state, who served in the armed forces
 of  the  United  States  in the hostilities that occurred in the Persian

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 Gulf from the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety to  the  end
 of  such  hostilities,  and [were] WAS (A) honorably discharged from the
 military, OR (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN BAD CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR  (C)  IS  A
 DISCHARGED  LGBT  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD  CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE.
   §  78.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-y of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 107 of the laws of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 the following meanings:
   (a) "Veteran of the Iraq War" shall mean a person who is a resident of
 this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States  in  the
 hostilities that occurred in Iraq from the sixteenth day of October, two
 thousand two to the end of such hostilities who (I) was discharged ther-
 efrom  under other than dishonorable conditions OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING
 CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE
 LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM  SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE; and
   (b)  "Veteran  of  the  Afghanistan  War" shall mean a person who is a
 resident of this state, who served in the armed  forces  of  the  United
 States  in the hostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the seventh
 day of October, two thousand one to the end of such hostilities who  (I)
 was  discharged  therefrom  under  other than dishonorable conditions OR
 (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD
 CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,
 AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM
 SUCH SERVICE.
   § 79. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2014,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  The  identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 cle forty-three of the public health law, by the holder may be  recorded
 and  shall  contain  such  other information and shall be issued in such
 form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every iden-
 tification card or renewal thereof issued to a person under the  age  of
 twenty-one  years shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement
 "UNDER 21  YEARS  OF  AGE"  in  notably  distinctive  print  or  format.
 Provided,  further, however, that every identification card issued to an
 applicant who was a member of the armed forces of the United States  and
 (I)  received  an  honorable  discharge  or was released therefrom under
 honorable conditions, OR (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH  SERVICE,  OR
 (III)  IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN  BAD
 CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  shall,  upon his or her
 request and submission of proof as set forth herein, contain  a  distin-
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 cating that he or she is a  veteran.  Such  proof  shall  consist  of  a
 certificate  of  release or discharge from active duty including but not
 limited to a DD Form 214 or other proof satisfactory to the  commission-
 er.  The  commissioner  shall  not require fees for the issuance of such
 identification cards or renewals thereof  to  persons  under  twenty-one
 years of age which are different from the fees required for the issuance
 of  identification cards or renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years
 of age or over, nor fees to persons requesting a veteran  distinguishing
 mark  which  are  different  from fees that would otherwise be required.
 Provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of  section  four
 hundred  ninety-one  of this article, the commissioner shall not require
 any fees for the duplication or  amendment  of  an  identification  card
 prior to its renewal if such duplication or amendment was solely for the
 purpose  of  adding a veteran distinguishing mark to such identification
 card.
   § 80. Paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 429 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a-1) Every license or renewal thereof issued to an applicant who  was
 a  member  of the armed forces of the United States and WHO (I) received
 an honorable discharge or was released therefrom under honorable  condi-
 tions,  OR  (II) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A  DISCHARGE  OTHER
 THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE, OR (III) IS A
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE, shall, upon his or  her  request  and
 submission  of proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark,
 in such form as the commissioner shall determine, indicating that he  or
 she  is  a veteran. Such proof shall consist of a certificate of release
 or discharge from active duty including but not limited to a DD Form 214
 or other proof satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner  shall
 not  require  fees for the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof
 to persons requesting a veteran distinguishing mark which are  different
 from  fees  otherwise  required; provided, however, that notwithstanding
 the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall not require  fees
 for a duplication or amendment of a license prior to its renewal if such
 duplication  or amendment was solely for the purpose of adding a veteran
 distinguishing mark to such license.
   § 81. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section  15  of  the  workers'
 compensation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 635 of the laws of 1996, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Declaration of policy and legislative intent. As a  guide  to  the
 interpretation  and  application  of  this  subdivision,  the policy and
 intent of this legislature is declared to be as follows:
   First: That every person in this state who works for a living is enti-
 tled to reasonable opportunity to maintain his  independence  and  self-
 respect through self-support even after he/she has been physically hand-
 icapped by injury or disease;
   Second: That any plan which will reasonably, equitably and practically
 operate  to break down hindrances and remove obstacles to the employment
 of partially disabled persons WHO (I) ARE honorably discharged from  our
 armed forces, OR (II) HAVE A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER
 THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR  DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE,  OR (III) ARE
 DISCHARGED LGBT VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF

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 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  AND RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR
 DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE,  or  any  other  physically  handicapped
 persons,  is  of  vital importance to the state and its people and is of
 concern to this legislature;
   Third: That it is the considered judgment of this legislature that the
 system embodied in this subdivision, which makes a logical and equitable
 adjustment of the liability under the workers' compensation law which an
 employer  must  assume  in hiring employees, constitutes a practical and
 reasonable approach to a solution of the problem for the  employment  of
 physically handicapped persons.
   Moreover,  because  of  the  insidious  nature  of  slowly  developing
 diseases such as silicosis and other dust diseases and  because  of  the
 reluctance on the part of employers to employ persons previously exposed
 to  silica  or other harmful dust, means should also be provided whereby
 employers will be encouraged to employ and to continue the employment of
 such persons, by apportioning liability fairly between the employer  and
 industry  as a whole without at the same time removing any incentive for
 the prevention of harmful dust diseases.
   § 82. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law; provided, however that the amendments to subdivision 7  of  section
 369-h of the executive law made by section twenty-five of this act shall
 not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed ther-
 ewith.  Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of
 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on
 its  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before
 such effective date.