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Jan 25, 2023 | referred to veterans' affairs |
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2285 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 25, 2023 ___________ 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