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Senate Bill S3648

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the private employers veterans' preference policy act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2021-S3648 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §369-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4326
2017-2018: S721
2019-2020: S5177
2023-2024: S2203
2025-2026: S3128

2021-S3648 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the private employers veterans' preference policy act.

2021-S3648 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3648 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3648
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  permitting  private
   employers to adopt a veterans' preference employment policy

   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. PRIVATE EMPLOYERS VETERANS' PREFERENCE POLICY. 1. AS USED IN
 THIS SECTION:
   A. "PRIVATE EMPLOYER" SHALL MEAN A CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED
 LIABILITY  COMPANY,  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  CORPORATION OR OTHER PRIVATE ENTITY
 WITH ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES AND EXCLUDES THE STATE, A MUNICIPALITY, COUN-
 TY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   B. "VETERAN" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE
 UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE, COAST  GUARD  OR  THE
 RESERVES  COMPONENT,  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, AND MEETS ONE OR MORE
 OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR A PERIOD OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
 DAYS AND WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY WITH OTHER  THAN  A
 DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE.
   (II)  WAS  DISCHARGED OR RELEASED BECAUSE OF A SERVICE CONNECTED DISA-
 BILITY.
   (III) WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED FROM DUTY WITH OTHER THAN A DISHONOR-
 ABLE DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE UNDER AN ORDER  TO  ACTIVE  DUTY,  EXCLUDING
 ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01125-01-1

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