Assembly Bill A8465B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the hire a vet grant program

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A8465 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S142
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §369-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6462
2017-2018: S3879
2019-2020: S4902, S7036
2023-2024: A2285, S4060
2025-2026: A401, S6005

2021-A8465 - Summary

Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position.

2021-A8465 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8465
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the hire
   a vet grant program; and providing for the repeal of  such  provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  369-f
 to read as follows:
   § 369-F. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAY-
 ERS IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE
 OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW, WHERE SUCH MUNICIPALITY
 HIRES AND EMPLOYS, FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR  AND  FOR  NOT  LESS  THAN
 THIRTY-FIVE  HOURS  EACH WEEK, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE STATE. THE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY CLAIM THE GRANT IN THE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE  QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (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 THIS
 CHAPTER, 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 THIS CHAPTER, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,
 TWO THOUSAND ONE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01751-03-1

2021-A8465A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S142
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §369-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6462
2017-2018: S3879
2019-2020: S4902, S7036
2023-2024: A2285, S4060
2025-2026: A401, S6005

2021-A8465A - Summary

Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position.

2021-A8465A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8465--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Veterans'
   Affairs in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the hire
   a vet grant program; and providing for the repeal of  such  provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  369-f
 to read as follows:
   § 369-F. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAY-
 ERS IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE
 OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW, WHERE SUCH MUNICIPALITY
 HIRES AND EMPLOYS, FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR  AND  FOR  NOT  LESS  THAN
 THIRTY-FIVE  HOURS  EACH WEEK, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE STATE. THE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY CLAIM THE GRANT IN THE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE  QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (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 THIS
 CHAPTER, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01751-05-2

2021-A8465B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S142
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §369-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6462
2017-2018: S3879
2019-2020: S4902, S7036
2023-2024: A2285, S4060
2025-2026: A401, S6005

2021-A8465B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the hire a vet grant program; provides grants to municipalities where a veteran is hired and employed, for not less than twelve continuous and uninterrupted months in a full-time or part-time position.

2021-A8465B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8465--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Veterans'
   Affairs in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the  hire
   a  vet  grant program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 369-f
 to read as follows:
   § 369-F. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAY-
 ERS IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE
 OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX  LAW,  WHERE  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY
 HIRES AND EMPLOYS, FOR NOT LESS THAN TWELVE CONTINUOUS AND UNINTERRUPTED
 MONTHS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD") IN A FULL-
 TIME  OR  PART-TIME  POSITION, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE STATE. THE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY CLAIM THE GRANT IN THE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE  QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICI-
 PALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (A)  WHO  SERVED  ON  ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR
 FORCE, SPACE 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, OR WHO SERVED IN THE ACTIVE  UNIFORMED  SERVICES
 OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  AS  A  MEMBER  OF THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE
 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINISTRATION  OR  THE  COMMISSIONED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01751-07-2

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