The New York State Senate

 
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                                   2285
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
   the hire a vet grant program; and providing for  the  repeal  of  such
   provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The veterans' services law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 36 to read as follows:
   § 36. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL BE
 ALLOWED  A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAYERS
 IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE  OF
 SECTION  TWO HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW, WHERE SUCH MUNICIPALITY HIRES
 AND EMPLOYS, FOR NOT  LESS  THAN  TWELVE  CONTINUOUS  AND  UNINTERRUPTED
 MONTHS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD") IN A FULL-
 TIME  OR  PART-TIME  POSITION, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE STATE. THE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY CLAIM THE GRANT IN THE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE  QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICI-
 PALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (A)  WHO  SERVED  ON  ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR
 FORCE, SPACE FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD OR THE  RESERVES  THEREOF,
 OR  WHO  SERVED  IN  ACTIVE  MILITARY  SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A
 MEMBER OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD OR
 NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA, OR WHO SERVED IN THE ACTIVE  UNIFORMED  SERVICES
 OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  AS  A  MEMBER  OF THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE
 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINISTRATION  OR  THE  COMMISSIONED
 CORPS  OF  THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WHO (I) WAS RELEASED
 FROM ACTIVE DUTY BY GENERAL OR HONORABLE DISCHARGE; OR (II) HAS A QUALI-
 FYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  HAS
 RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03822-01-3

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 SERVICE; OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT
 OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE;
   (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-SIX; AND
   (C) WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY,  THAT
 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY
 WEEK  IN  THE  ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS OR
 HER EMPLOYMENT BY THE MUNICIPALITY.
   3. PROHIBITION. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL NOT  DISCHARGE  AN  EMPLOYEE  AND
 HIRE  A QUALIFYING VETERAN SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF QUALIFYING FOR THIS
 GRANT. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO AMEND,  MODIFY  OR  SUPERSEDE
 ANY  OTHER  LAW  WHICH PRESCRIBES THE QUALIFICATIONS WHICH A PERSON MUST
 HAVE TO BE APPOINTED TO A POSITION SUBJECT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   4. AMOUNT OF GRANT. (A) THE AMOUNT  OF  THE  GRANT  SHALL  BE  FIFTEEN
 PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED VETERAN
 DURING THE VETERAN'S FIRST TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT,  IF  THE  QUALIFIED  VETERAN  IS  A DISABLED VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF
 THE  CIVIL  SERVICE LAW, THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT SHALL BE TWENTY PERCENT
 OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED  VETERAN  DURING  THE
 VETERAN'S FIRST TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.
   (B) THE GRANT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT EXCEED IN
 ANY YEAR:
   (I)  FIFTEEN  THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN, OTHER THAN A
 DISABLED VETERAN, EMPLOYED IN A  FULL-TIME  POSITION  FOR  ONE  THOUSAND
 EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE HOURS IN ONE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD;
   (II)  TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN WHO IS A DISA-
 BLED VETERAN EMPLOYED IN A FULL-TIME POSITION  FOR  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT
 HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE HOURS IN ONE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD;
   (III)  SEVEN  THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN,
 OTHER THAN A DISABLED VETERAN, EMPLOYED IN A PART-TIME POSITION  FOR  AT
 LEAST  ONE  THOUSAND  FORTY  HOURS  BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT
 HUNDRED NINETEEN HOURS IN ONE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD; AND
   (IV) TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN WHO IS A  DISABLED
 VETERAN EMPLOYED IN A PART-TIME POSITION FOR AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND FORTY
 HOURS BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETEEN HOURS IN ONE
 TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD.
   5.  DEFINITION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS ANY
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as section 2 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, takes
 effect; and shall expire and be deemed repealed January 1, 2027.