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                                   8476
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2022
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 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 military law, in relation to the issuance of  a  New
   York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 247 of the military law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 1-d to read as follows:
   1-D.  THE  GOVERNOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PRESENT IN THE NAME OF THE
 LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A MEDAL, TO BE KNOWN AS  THE  "NEW
 YORK   STATE   IRAQ   WAR   COMMEMORATIVE  MEDAL",  BEARING  A  SUITABLE
 INSCRIPTION, TO ANY PERSON: (I) WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE  STATE  OF  NEW
 YORK;  OR (II) WHO WAS A RESIDENT 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, DEFINED AS ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY, MARINE CORPS,  OR
 COAST  GUARD,  OR  THE  ORGANIZED  MILITIA  DEFINED AS THE ARMY NATIONAL
 GUARD, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, THE NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA,  OR  THE  NEW
 YORK  GUARD,  ON  ACTIVE  DUTY ABROAD IN IRAQ DURING THE PERIOD OF MARCH
 TWENTIETH, TWO THOUSAND THREE THROUGH DECEMBER EIGHTEENTH, TWO  THOUSAND
 ELEVEN;  AND  (IV) WHO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED UNDER HONOR-
 ABLE CIRCUMSTANCES OR WHO 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  DISCHARGE,  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  DISCHARGE.  NO PERSON SHALL RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE NEW YORK
 STATE IRAQ WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL.  IN THE EVENT OF THE  DEATH  OF  ANY
 ELIGIBLE  PERSON  PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF SUCH COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL, SUCH
 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE DESIGNATED  REPRESENTATIVE
 OF  THE DECEASED.  THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIREC-
 TOR OF THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' SERVICES, SHALL  MAKE  SUCH  RULES  AND
 REGULATIONS  AS  MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER PRESENTATION AND
 DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH MEDALS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as  amended  by
 chapter 332 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient of
 the conspicuous service cross, the conspicuous service  star,  the  Cold
 War  Certificate  [or],  the New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service
 Certificate OR THE NEW YORK STATE IRAQ WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL has  been
 a resident of the state of New York at the time of his or her entry into
 the  United  States  army,  air force, navy, OR marine corps[, or nurses
 corps].
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. The division of military and  naval  affairs
 is  authorized  to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take
 any other measures necessary to implement the provisions of this act  on
 its effective date on or before such date.