Assembly Bill A6445

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program (G.I.V.E. Back NY)

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A6445 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 6-B §97, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1347

2021-A6445 - Summary

Establishes a veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans.

2021-A6445 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6445
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   giving  internships  for  disabled veterans not fully employed program
   (G.I.V.E.  Back NY)

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article 6-B
 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 6-B
                 GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS
                        NOT FULLY EMPLOYED PROGRAM
                            (G.I.V.E. BACK NY)
 SECTION 97. GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS NOT FULLY
               EMPLOYED PROGRAM (G.I.V.E. BACK NY).
   § 97. GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR  DISABLED  VETERANS  NOT  FULLY  EMPLOYED
 PROGRAM  (G.I.V.E.  BACK  NY). 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE
 LEGISLATURE A G.I.V.E. BACK NY  PROGRAM  TO  PROVIDE  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR
 SERVICE-DISABLED  VETERANS  TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSEMBLY YOUTH PARTIC-
 IPATION PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL AWARD
 TEN PERCENT OF AVAILABLE INTERNSHIPS IN THE ASSEMBLY YOUTH PARTICIPATION
 PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM TO ELIGIBLE HONORABLY  DISCHARGED
 VETERANS  WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.  VETERANS WHO ARE AWARDED
 INTERNSHIPS PURSUANT TO THE G.I.V.E. BACK NY  PROGRAM  SHALL  RECEIVE  A
 STIPEND  THAT  IS  EQUIVALENT TO THE STIPEND AWARDED TO GRADUATE STUDENT
 PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASSEMBLY  YOUTH  PARTICIPATION  PROGRAM  AND  SENATE
 STUDENT PROGRAM FOR A ONE SEMESTER INTERNSHIP.
   2.  TO  BE  ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE G.I.V.E. BACK NY PROGRAM, A
 CANDIDATE SHALL:
   (A) BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
 WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE  UNITED  STATES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-A6445A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 6-B §97, Leg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A1347

2021-A6445A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans.

2021-A6445A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6445--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, JACKSON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  a
   veterans internship program (V.I.P. NY)

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article  6-B
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 6-B
                        VETERANS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
                                (V.I.P. NY)
 SECTION 97. VETERANS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (V.I.P. NY).
   § 97. VETERANS  INTERNSHIP  PROGRAM  (V.I.P. NY).   1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE A VETERANS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (V.I.P.
 NY) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSEMBLY
 YOUTH PARTICIPATION PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM
 SHALL AWARD TEN PERCENT OF AVAILABLE INTERNSHIPS IN THE  ASSEMBLY  YOUTH
 PARTICIPATION  PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM TO ELIGIBLE HONOR-
 ABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS.  VETERANS WHO ARE AWARDED INTERNSHIPS PURSUANT
 TO THE V.I.P. NY PROGRAM SHALL RECEIVE A STIPEND THAT IS  EQUIVALENT  TO
 THE  STIPEND  AWARDED  TO  GRADUATE STUDENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASSEMBLY
 YOUTH PARTICIPATION PROGRAM AND SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM FOR A ONE  SEMES-
 TER INTERNSHIP.
   2. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE V.I.P. NY PROGRAM, A CANDIDATE
 SHALL:
   (A)  BE  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED  FROM  THE  ARMED  FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES;
   (B) BE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03468-03-1
 A. 6445--A                          2

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