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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, the education law, the  executive
   law,  the  veterans' services law, the general business law, the mili-
   tary law, the parks, recreation and  historic  preservation  law,  the
   real  property tax law, the social services law, the vehicle and traf-
   fic law and the workers' compensation law, in relation to removing the
   requirement that a veteran served during wartime to be granted certain
   benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 55-c of the civil service law, as
 amended by chapter 340 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. The  commission  may  determine  up  to five hundred positions with
 duties such as can be performed by disabled veterans and  veterans  with
 disabilities who are found otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily
 the duties of any such position. Upon such determination, the said posi-
 tions shall be classified in the noncompetitive class, and may be filled
 only  by  veterans  of the armed forces of the United States [who served
 therein during time of war, as defined in paragraph (c)  of  subdivision
 one  of  section  eighty-five of this chapter], and (a) who establish by
 appropriate documentary evidence that they  are  disabled  veterans,  as
 defined  in  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of
 this chapter, or (b) by those veterans, as defined in paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision  one  of section eighty-five of this chapter, who shall have
 been certified by the employee health service of the department as being
 disabled but capable of performing the duties of said positions.  Prior-
 ity in certification and referral of both  such  disabled  veterans  and
 certified disabled but capable veterans shall be given to those veterans
 who  received  a  wound  in combat, as documented by the awarding of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 purple heart, as authorized by the United States department of  defense,
 and  that  wound is the cause of, or a substantially contributing factor
 to, the degree of impairment, who otherwise  meet  the  requirements  of
 this  section. The number of veterans appointed pursuant to this section
 shall not exceed five hundred.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75 of the civil service
 law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, 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
 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
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75 of the civil service
 law, as amended by section 36 of part PP of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of
 2022, 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
 circumstances  from  the armed forces of the United States including (i)
 having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the veterans'
 services 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 one of the veterans' services 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 secre-
 tary, cashier or deputy of any official or department, or
   § 4. Section 86 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 490 of
 the laws of 2019, 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
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 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.
   § 5. Section 86 of the civil service law, as amended by section 38  of
 part  PP  of  chapter  56  of  the  laws  of 2022, 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 one  of  the
 veterans' services 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 one of the veterans'  services  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 eight-
 y-five of this chapter,]  or  by  an  exempt  volunteer  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 firefighter are abolished
 and a lesser number of vacancies in similar  positions  exist  to  which
 transfer  may  be  made,  the  veterans or exempt volunteer firefighters
 whose positions are abolished shall be  entitled  to  transfer  to  such
 vacancies  in  the  order  of their original appointment in the service.
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 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 encompassed by section
 eighty-a of this chapter.
   § 6. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 360 of the education law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  490 of the laws of 2019, 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,
 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.
   § 7. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 360 of the education law,
 as  amended  by section 40 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
 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  or her grades and transcripts until such time as any
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 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  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section one of the veterans'
 services 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  one  of  the  veterans'  services  law,  and  has
 received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service.
   § 8. Subdivision 5 of section 605 of the education law, as amended  by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, 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 begin-
 ning 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;
 provided, however, that no county shall be allocated fewer  scholarships
 than  such county received during the year nineteen hundred sixty-eight-
 -sixty-nine.
   § 9. Subdivision 5 of section 605 of the education law, as amended  by
 section  42  of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, 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 begin-
 ning  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  one  of  the  veterans'  services  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 one of the
 veterans' services 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;
 provided,  however, that no county shall be allocated fewer scholarships
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 than such county received during the year nineteen hundred  sixty-eight-
 -sixty-nine.
   §  10.  The  opening  paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 668 of the
 education law, as amended by chapter 580 of the laws of 1992, is amended
 to read as follows:
   Period of military service. For a student to be eligible, the  parent,
 or  step-parent  where  the student is the dependent of the step-parent,
 (i) must [have been 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 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]  HAVE  BEEN  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
 UNITED STATES, AND WHO (A) WAS DISCHARGED OR  RELEASED  THEREFROM  UNDER
 HONORABLE  CONDITIONS,  OR (B) HAS A QUALIFYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES 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  ONE  OF  THE  VETERANS'
 SERVICES  LAW,  or  (ii)  must have served on regular active duty (other
 than for training) in the armed forces of the United States during  part
 of one of the following periods:
   § 11. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 and paragraph a of subdivision 2 of
 section  669-a  of  the  education  law, paragraph d of subdivision 1 as
 amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019 and paragraph a  of  subdivi-
 sion  2  as  amended by section 3 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2008, are amended to read as follows:
   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.
   a. Tuition awards are available for all Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghan-
 istan  and  other  eligible [combat] veterans, as defined in subdivision
 one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph a of subdi-
 vision four of section six hundred sixty-one of this part,  in  approved
 undergraduate  or  graduate  programs at degree granting institutions or
 enrolled in approved vocational training programs and who  apply  for  a
 tuition  assistance program award pursuant to section six hundred sixty-
 seven of this subpart.
   § 12. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 669-a of  the  education
 law,  as  amended  by section 46 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   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
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 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 one of the veterans' services 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  one  of
 the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 13. Subdivision 3 of section 350 of the executive law is amended  to
 read as follows:
   3. The term "veteran" means a person, male or female, 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  otherwise than by dishonorable
 discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve.
   § 14. Subdivision 1 of section 356 of the executive law is amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. A state veterans' service agency established by the division pursu-
 ant  to this article shall have power and it shall be its duty to inform
 military and naval authorities of the United States and  assist  members
 of  the  armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this state, and
 their families, in relation to (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational
 training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
 rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
 and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
 to members of the armed forces and [war] veterans  and  their  families,
 (4)  employment  and  re-employment  services,  and (5) other matters of
 similar, related or appropriate  nature.  The  state  veterans'  service
 agency  also  shall  perform such other duties as may be assigned by the
 state director.
   § 15. Subdivision 1 of section 13 of the  veterans'  services  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  state  veterans'  service  agency established by the department
 pursuant to this article shall have power and it shall be  its  duty  to
 inform  military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist
 members of the uniformed services and veterans,  who  are  residents  of
 this state, and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical  and  rehabilitation  services and facilities, (3) provisions of
 federal, state and local laws and regulations affording  special  rights
 and  privileges  to members of the uniformed services and [war] veterans
 and their families, (4) employment and re-employment services,  and  (5)
 other  matters  of  similar,  related  or  appropriate nature. The state
 veterans' service agency also shall perform such other duties as may  be
 assigned by the state commissioner.
   § 16. Subdivision 1 of section 358 of the executive law, as amended by
 chapter 482 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direc-
 tion of the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty  to
 inform  military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist
 members of the armed forces and veterans,  who  are  residents  of  this
 state,  and  their  families,  in  relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical and rehabilitation services and facilities,  (3)  provisions  of
 federal,  state  and local laws and regulations affording special rights
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 and privileges to members of the armed forces  and  [war]  veterans  and
 their families, (4) employment and re-employment services, (5) the proc-
 ess  of  submitting  an  application  for  a  discharge  upgrade  to the
 discharge  upgrade  advisory  board,  and  (6) other matters of similar,
 related or appropriate nature.  The local veterans' service  agency  may
 also  assist  families of members of the reserve components of the armed
 forces and the organized militia ordered into active duty to ensure that
 they are made aware of and are receiving all appropriate support  avail-
 able to them and are placed in contact with the agencies responsible for
 such  support,  including,  but not limited to, the division of military
 and naval affairs and other state  agencies  responsible  for  providing
 such support. The local veterans' service agency also shall perform such
 other duties as may be assigned by the state director.
   §  17.  Subdivision  1  of section 15 of the veterans' services law is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A local veterans' service agency shall have power under the  direc-
 tion  of the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty to
 inform military and naval authorities of the United  States  and  assist
 members  of  the  uniformed  services and veterans, who are residents of
 this state, and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical and rehabilitation services and facilities,  (3)  provisions  of
 federal,  state  and local laws and regulations affording special rights
 and privileges to members of the uniformed services and  [war]  veterans
 and  their  families, (4) employment and re-employment services, (5) the
 process of submitting an application for  a  discharge  upgrade  to  the
 discharge  upgrade  advisory  board,  and  (6) other matters of similar,
 related or appropriate nature. The local veterans'  service  agency  may
 also  assist  families  of  members  of  the  reserve  components of the
 uniformed services and the organized militia ordered into active duty to
 ensure that they are made aware of and  are  receiving  all  appropriate
 support  available  to  them and are placed in contact with the agencies
 responsible for such support, including, but not limited to,  the  divi-
 sion  of military and naval affairs and other state agencies responsible
 for providing such support. The  local  veterans'  service  agency  also
 shall  perform such other duties as may be assigned by the state commis-
 sioner.
   § 18. Subdivision 1 of section 364 of the executive law, as  added  by
 chapter  424  of the laws of 1961, paragraph a as amended by chapter 490
 of the laws of 2019, clause 7 of subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  a  as
 amended  by chapter 606 of the laws of 2021, and paragraph c as added by
 chapter 751 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   1. 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 (iv) was a recipient of the armed forces  expedi-
 tionary  medal, the navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps expedi-
 tionary medal for participation  in  operations  in  Lebanon  from  June
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 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 (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
 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
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 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 first day of  November,  nineteen
 hundred  fifty-five 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].
   b.  The  word "veteran" shall also mean any person who meets the other
 requirements of paragraph a of this subdivision, who  served  on  active
 duty  for less than ninety days, if he or she was discharged or released
 from such service for a service-connected disability [or who served  for
 a  period  of  ninety  consecutive days or more and such period began or
 ended during any war or period of hostilities as defined in paragraph  a
 of this subdivision].
   c. The term "active duty" as used in this article shall mean full time
 duty in the armed forces, other than active duty for training; provided,
 however, that "active duty" shall also include any period of active duty
 for  training during which the individual concerned was disabled or died
 from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during such period.
   § 19. Subdivision 1 of section 23 of the  veterans'  services  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  a. The word "veteran" means a veteran as defined in section one of
 this article who is a resident, and who (i) has been or may be  released
 from  such service under other than dishonorable conditions, or (ii) has
 a qualifying condition, as defined in section one 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 one of this article, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service[, and who (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 January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or
 (v) served on active duty for ninety  days  or  more  in  the  uniformed
 services  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;
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   (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
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has a  qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one 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  one  of  this
 article,  and  has  received  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or who served as a United States  civil-
 ian  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 one 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  one  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 first day of  November,  nineteen
 hundred  fifty-five 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].
   b.  The  word "veteran" shall also mean any person who meets the other
 requirements of paragraph a of this subdivision, who  served  on  active
 duty  for less than ninety days, if he or she was discharged or released
 from such service for a service-connected disability [or who served  for
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 a  period  of  ninety  consecutive days or more and such period began or
 ended during any war or period of hostilities as defined in paragraph  a
 of this subdivision].
   c. The term "active duty" as used in this article shall mean full time
 duty  in  the  uniformed  services, other than active duty for training;
 provided, however, that "active duty" shall also include any  period  of
 active duty for training during which the individual concerned was disa-
 bled or died from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated during such
 period.
   §  20.  Paragraph  b  of subdivision 1 of section 366 of the executive
 law, as added by chapter 743 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   b.  "Veteran"  means a person, male or female, resident of this state,
 who has served in the active military,  naval  or  air  service  of  the
 United  States [during a time of war in which the United States engaged]
 and who has been released from such service otherwise than by  dishonor-
 able discharge, or who has been furloughed to the reserve;
   §  21. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 32 of the general business law,
 as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every  member of the armed forces of the United States who (a) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (b) 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 (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  war,  or  who  shall  have
 served  in  the  armed  forces  of  the United States 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 merchan-
 dise 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  prem-
 ises  under  the  jurisdiction  of the division of the state fair in the
 department of agriculture and markets, shall be deemed a street or high-
 way 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 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  depart-
 ment  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 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 release
 or discharge from active duty. Such county clerk when so satisfied shall
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 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.
   §  22.  Subdivision  1  of  section 32 of the general business law, as
 amended by section 55 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  member of the armed forces of the United States who (a) was
 honorably discharged from such service, or (b) has a  qualifying  condi-
 tion,  as  defined in section one of the veterans' services 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 one
 of the veterans' services 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 war, or who shall have  served  in  the
 armed forces of the United States 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 jurisdic-
 tion 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.
   § 23. Subdivision 2 of section 238 of the military law, as amended  by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, 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] ONE OF THE
 VETERANS' SERVICES 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] ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES 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,
   § 24. Section 245 of the military law, as amended by  chapter  490  of
 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 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
 honorably 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
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 age  of fifty years, may retire upon his own request upon written appli-
 cation to the board setting forth at what time not less than thirty days
 subsequent 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.
   §  25.  Section  245  of the military law, as amended by section 72 of
 part PP of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 245. Retirement  allowances of certain [war] veterans. 1. 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 honorably discharged member of any branch of the armed  forces  of
 the  United  States,  or  (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in
 section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'  services  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 or her own request upon written  appli-
 cation to the board setting forth at what time not less than thirty days
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 subsequent  to  the execution and filing thereof he or she desires to be
 retired, provided that such member at the time so specified for  his  or
 her retirement shall have completed at least twenty-five years of allow-
 able  service.  Upon  retirement such member shall receive an annuity of
 equivalent actuarial value to his or her 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 or
 she continued at his or her current salary to the age at which he or she
 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 actu-
 arial  basis,  together  with  his  or her prior contributions and other
 accumulations in said fund then to his or her credit,  shall  be  suffi-
 cient to entitle the said member to the same annuity and pension that he
 or  she would have received had he or she remained in the service of the
 city until he or she had attained the age at which he or  she  otherwise
 would have first become eligible for service retirement.
   2.  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
 one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section  one  of  the  veterans'  services  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 or her own request upon written appli-
 cation to the board setting forth at what time,  not  less  than  thirty
 days  subsequent  to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires
 to be retired, provided that such member at that time so  specified  for
 his or her retirement shall have completed at least twenty-five years of
 allowable  service. Upon reaching his or her previously selected minimum
 retirement age, such member shall receive an annuity of equivalent actu-
 arial value, at that time, to his or her accumulated deductions, and, in
 addition, a pension based upon his or her credited  years  of  allowable
 service,  plus  the  pension-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any. Should
 such member die before reaching his or  her  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 or
 her selected retirement age.
   § 26. Section 246 of the military law, as amended by chapter 43 of the
 laws of 1967, is amended to read as follows:
   § 246. Leave of absence for public employees who are [war] veterans to
 continue study.   Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  any  law  to  the
 contrary,  every  public  officer  and employee, who served in the armed
 forces of the United States [on or after September  sixteenth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty, and prior to the termination of hostilities in world war
 II, or during the period of hostilities engaged in by the  armed  forces
 of  the  United  States on and after June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred
 fifty, or who served in the armed forces  of  the  United  States  after
 January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, and] who is eligible
 under the provisions enacted by the congress of the United States  known
 as  "Servicemen's  Readjustment  Act of nineteen hundred forty-four," or
 "Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of nineteen  hundred  fifty-two,"
 or  "Veterans' Readjustment Benefits Act of nineteen hundred sixty-six,"
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 to continue the pursuit of studies or to take a refresher or  retraining
 course  shall  be  granted  a leave of absence from his position for the
 period of such course of study, not to exceed four years.   Such  public
 officer  or  employee  shall  be  reinstated to his position provided he
 makes application for such reinstatement within  sixty  days  after  the
 termination of such course of study.
   § 27. Section 13.19 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation
 law,  as  amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read
 as follows:
   § 13.19 Free use of campsites.  Notwithstanding the provisions of  any
 other law, any person who is blind, non-ambulatory, or an amputee or any
 veteran  [of  the  wars  of the United States], who has at any time been
 awarded by the federal government an allowance towards the  purchase  of
 an automobile or is eligible for such an award shall be permitted to use
 any of the public campsites, parks and other public places of recreation
 in this state, upon the same terms and conditions as apply to the gener-
 al  public, but without the payment of any fees or other charges for the
 use of such campsites, parks and other public places of recreation.
   § 28. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of  section  458-a  of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, 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
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 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
 honorable discharge or release 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, 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.
   § 29. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of  section  458-a  of  the  real
 property  tax  law, as amended by section 83 of part PP of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2022, 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 one
 of  the  veterans' services 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 one of the veterans' services 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 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, (iii) who served as a United States civilian  employed  by  the
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 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 one of the veterans' services 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
 one  of  the  veterans' services 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 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 (1) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2)  has
 a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section one of the veterans'
 services 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 one of the veterans' services 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 components of the  armed  forces  of  the  United
 States  who  (1)  received  an  honorable discharge or release therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services 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  one  of  the
 veterans'  services  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.
   §  30.  Subdivision  1  of  section 168 of the social services law, as
 amended by chapter 490 of the laws  of  2019,  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.
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   §  31.    Subdivision  1 of section 168 of the social services law, as
 amended by section 86 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of  2022,  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  one  of  the  veterans'
 services  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 one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  32.  Subdivision 3 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 601 of the laws of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Registration  of vehicles owned by severely disabled veterans. The
 commissioner shall assign to such motor vehicles, including any vans  or
 pick-up  trucks used for transporting handicapped veterans which are not
 used for commercial purposes and which are owned by such veterans  or  a
 not-for-profit  corporation  serving such veterans, a distinctive number
 and issue and deliver in such manner as the commissioner  may  prescribe
 to  the  owner  a  certification  of  registration,  in such form as the
 commissioner shall prescribe and  two  number  plates,  called  disabled
 veteran  plates.  Said severely disabled veteran plates shall conform to
 the requirements of section four hundred one of this [chapter]  ARTICLE,
 but  shall bear distinctive marks to distinguish them from number plates
 to be issued to other persons, qualifying under this [chapter]  ARTICLE.
 The  commissioner  in  his  discretion,  may issue, for any registration
 year, only one plate as a set for a motor vehicle, in which event a  set
 of severely disabled veteran plates for a motor vehicle shall consist of
 one  plate. Where a severely disabled veteran owns more than one vehicle
 and such vehicle or vehicles is or are used by severely disabled members
 of the owner's family who reside with the owner, the commissioner  shall
 issue one set of plates for each additional vehicle used by such severe-
 ly  disabled  veteran,  provided  that such user qualifies as a severely
 disabled veteran in the manner required by this section. For purposes of
 this subdivision, the term "severely disabled veteran"  shall  mean  any
 member  of  the armed forces of the United States [who served in time of
 war, as defined in section eighty-five of the civil  service  law,  and]
 whose  disability qualifies him as a severely disabled person within the
 meaning of such term as defined in subdivision four of this section.
   § 33. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 6 of section 54 of  the  work-
 ers'  compensation  law,  as amended by chapter 205 of the laws of 1993,
 are amended to read as follows:
   f. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of  this  subdivision
 or any other provision of this chapter, any executive officer of a reli-
 gious,  charitable  or  educational  corporation  and  the officers of a
 municipal corporation, and officers of any post or chapter of  organiza-
 tions of veterans [of any war] of the United States may be brought with-
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 in  the  coverage of the insurance contract as if they were employees by
 any such corporation filing with the  insurance  carrier,  upon  a  form
 prescribed  by  the  chair  of the workers' compensation board, a notice
 that  the  corporation elects to bring one or more executive officers of
 such corporation named in the notice within the coverage of  this  chap-
 ter.  Such  election  shall  be  effective  with respect to all policies
 issued to such corporation by such insurance carrier as long as it shall
 continuously insure the corporation. If such  election  is  revoked,  it
 shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the chair and filed with the
 chair  and  with  the  insurance carrier and a copy thereof furnished to
 each officer as to whom such  revocation  is  applicable,  upon  a  form
 prescribed  by  the  chair. Such revocation shall not be effective until
 thirty days after such filing. The estimation  of  the  wage  values  of
 executive  officers  within the coverage of the insurance contract shall
 be reasonable and separately stated and added to the  valuation  of  the
 payrolls upon which the premium is computed.
   g. The executive officers brought within the coverage of the insurance
 contract,  and  the dependents of any such executive officers, including
 executive officers of religious, charitable or educational  corporations
 and  officers  of  municipal  corporations,  and officers of any post or
 chapter of organizations of veterans [of any war] of the  United  States
 that  have  elected  to  bring their officers within the coverage of the
 policy, shall have the same rights and  remedies  as  any  employee  and
 shall  be  entitled to compensation and medical care as provided by this
 chapter, and the insurance carrier shall  be  liable  therefor  and  for
 payments  into the special funds provided in this chapter as in the case
 of an employee. The executive officers who may  be  brought  within  the
 coverage  of  an insurance contract shall include an officer of a corpo-
 ration who at all times during the period involved between them owns all
 of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation and holds all  of
 the  offices  pursuant to paragraph (e) of section seven hundred fifteen
 of the business corporation law or two executive officers  of  a  corpo-
 ration  who at all times during the period involved between them own all
 of the issued and outstanding stock of such  corporation  and  hold  all
 such  offices  and who is the executive officer or who are the executive
 officers of a corporation that has no other persons  who  are  employees
 required to be covered under this chapter.
   §  34.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
 sections three, five, seven, nine, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen,
 twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-nine and thirty-one of  this  act  shall
 take  effect on the same date and in the same manner as part PP of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2022 take effect; provided further, however,  that
 the amendments to article 17 of the executive law made by sections thir-
 teen,  fourteen,  sixteen,  eighteen  and  twenty  of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of such article and shall be  deemed  repealed  there-
 with.

                             
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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, the veterans' services law, the
   social services law and the vehicle and traffic law,  in  relation  to
   removing  the  requirement  that a veteran served during wartime to be
   granted certain benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 55-c of the civil service law, as
 amended by chapter 340 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1. The  commission  may  determine  up  to five hundred positions with
 duties such as can be performed by disabled veterans and  veterans  with
 disabilities who are found otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily
 the duties of any such position. Upon such determination, the said posi-
 tions shall be classified in the noncompetitive class, and may be filled
 only  by  veterans  of the armed forces of the United States [who served
 therein during time of war, as defined in paragraph (c)  of  subdivision
 one  of  section  eighty-five of this chapter], and (a) who establish by
 appropriate documentary evidence that they  are  disabled  veterans,  as
 defined  in  paragraph  (b) of subdivision one of section eighty-five of
 this chapter, or (b) by those veterans, as defined in paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision  one  of section eighty-five of this chapter, who shall have
 been certified by the employee health service of the department as being
 disabled but capable of performing the duties of said positions.  Prior-
 ity in certification and referral of both  such  disabled  veterans  and
 certified disabled but capable veterans shall be given to those veterans
 who  received  a  wound  in combat, as documented by the awarding of the
 purple heart, as authorized by the United States department of  defense,
 and  that  wound is the cause of, or a substantially contributing factor
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01439-04-3
              

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 to, the degree of impairment, who otherwise  meet  the  requirements  of
 this  section. The number of veterans appointed pursuant to this section
 shall not exceed five hundred.
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section 13 of the veterans' services law is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A state veterans' service  agency  established  by  the  department
 pursuant  to  this  article shall have power and it shall be its duty to
 inform military and naval authorities of the United  States  and  assist
 members  of  the  uniformed  services and veterans, who are residents of
 this state, and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical and rehabilitation services and facilities,  (3)  provisions  of
 federal,  state  and local laws and regulations affording special rights
 and privileges to members of the uniformed services and  [war]  veterans
 and  their  families, (4) employment and re-employment services, and (5)
 other matters of similar,  related  or  appropriate  nature.  The  state
 veterans'  service agency also shall perform such other duties as may be
 assigned by the state commissioner.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 15 of  the  veterans'  services  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direc-
 tion of the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty  to
 inform  military  and  naval authorities of the United States and assist
 members of the uniformed services and veterans,  who  are  residents  of
 this state, and their families, in relation to (1) matters pertaining to
 educational training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health,
 medical  and  rehabilitation  services and facilities, (3) provisions of
 federal, state and local laws and regulations affording  special  rights
 and  privileges  to members of the uniformed services and [war] veterans
 and their families, (4) employment and re-employment services,  (5)  the
 process  of  submitting  an  application  for a discharge upgrade to the
 discharge upgrade advisory board, and  (6)  other  matters  of  similar,
 related  or  appropriate  nature. The local veterans' service agency may
 also assist families  of  members  of  the  reserve  components  of  the
 uniformed services and the organized militia ordered into active duty to
 ensure  that  they  are  made aware of and are receiving all appropriate
 support available to them and are placed in contact  with  the  agencies
 responsible  for  such support, including, but not limited to, the divi-
 sion of military and naval affairs and other state agencies  responsible
 for  providing  such  support.  The  local veterans' service agency also
 shall perform such other duties as may be assigned by the state  commis-
 sioner.
   §  4.  Section 168 of the social services law, as added by chapter 871
 of the laws of 1948, subdivision 1 and paragraph 5 of subdivision  2  as
 amended  by  section  86  of  part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 1991, paragraph 7
 of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 606 of the laws  of  2021,  para-
 graph  (i)  of  subdivision  3  as amended by chapter 610 of the laws of
 1960, paragraphs (n), (p), (q), (r), (s), (t) and (u) of  subdivision  3
 as  added  by chapter 219 of the laws of 1983, paragraph (o) of subdivi-
 sion 3 as added by chapter 643 of the laws of  1959,  subdivision  4  as
 amended  by  section 78 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 168. Definitions. As used in this title:
   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 recipi-
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 ent 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 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,
 and who [(1)] (A) has been honorably discharged or released under honor-
 able  circumstances  from  such service or furloughed to the reserve, or
 [(2)] (B) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one  of  the
 veterans'  services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or [(3)] (C) is a  discharged
 LGBT  veteran,  as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service.
   2. [In time of war means the periods herein set forth for the  follow-
 ing wars and conflicts:
   (1) Civil war; from twentieth day of April, eighteen hundred sixty-one
 to and including the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred sixty-five.
   (2) Spanish-American war; from the twenty-first day of April, eighteen
 hundred  ninety-eight  to and including the eleventh day of April, eigh-
 teen hundred ninety-nine.
   (3) Philippine insurrection; from the eleventh day of April,  eighteen
 hundred  ninety-nine  to  and including the fourth day of July, nineteen
 hundred two.
   (4) World war I; from the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred  seven-
 teen  to  and  including  the eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred
 eighteen.
   (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 one of the veterans' services 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  one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
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 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 one of the veterans'
 services 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 one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   (6)  Korean  conflict;  from  the twenty-seventh day of June, nineteen
 hundred fifty to and including the thirty-first day of January, nineteen
 hundred fifty-five.
   (7) Viet Nam conflict; from the first of  November,  nineteen  hundred
 fifty-five  to  and  including  the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred
 seventy-five.
   (8) Persian Gulf conflict; from the second  day  of  August,  nineteen
 hundred ninety to and including the end of such conflict.
   3.] Veteran organization means the:
   (a) Grand Army of the Republic;
   (b) United Spanish War Veterans;
   (c) American Legion;
   (d) Disabled American Veterans;
   (e) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States;
   (f) Jewish War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;
   (g) Catholic War Veterans, Incorporated;
   (h) Army and Navy Union of the United States;
   (i) Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated;
   (j) Polish Legion of American Veterans, Incorporated;
   (k) The Marine Corps League;
   (l) Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc.;
   (m) Amvets.
   (n) American Veterans of World War II;
   (o) Veterans of World War I, U.S.A., Inc.
   (p) Polish-American Veterans of World War II;
   (q) Masonic War Veterans of the state of N.Y., Inc.;
   (r) American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.;
   (s) Regular Veterans Association, Inc.;
   (t) Vietnam Veterans of America;
   (u) Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association;
   [4.]  3. Veteran assistance means safety net assistance given pursuant
 to the provisions of this title, to the persons eligible therefor.
   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 404-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 601 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Registration of vehicles owned by severely disabled  veterans.  The
 commissioner  shall assign to such motor vehicles, including any vans or
 pick-up trucks used for transporting handicapped veterans which are  not
 used  for  commercial purposes and which are owned by such veterans or a
 not-for-profit corporation serving such veterans, a  distinctive  number
 and  issue  and deliver in such manner as the commissioner may prescribe
 to the owner a certification  of  registration,  in  such  form  as  the
 commissioner  shall  prescribe  and  two  number plates, called disabled
 veteran plates. Said severely disabled veteran plates shall  conform  to
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 the  requirements of section four hundred one of this [chapter] ARTICLE,
 but shall bear distinctive marks to distinguish them from number  plates
 to  be issued to other persons, qualifying under this [chapter] ARTICLE.
 The  commissioner  in  his  discretion,  may issue, for any registration
 year, only one plate as a set for a motor vehicle, in which event a  set
 of severely disabled veteran plates for a motor vehicle shall consist of
 one  plate. Where a severely disabled veteran owns more than one vehicle
 and such vehicle or vehicles is or are used by severely disabled members
 of the owner's family who reside with the owner, the commissioner  shall
 issue one set of plates for each additional vehicle used by such severe-
 ly  disabled  veteran,  provided  that such user qualifies as a severely
 disabled veteran in the manner required by this section. For purposes of
 this subdivision, the term "severely disabled veteran" shall  mean  [any
 member  of  the  armed forces of the United States who served in time of
 war,] A VETERAN as defined in section eighty-five of the  civil  service
 law,  and  whose  disability qualifies him as a severely disabled person
 within the meaning of such term as defined in subdivision four  of  this
 section.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.