Legislation
SECTION 15
Powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies
Veterans' Services (VET) CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 1
§ 15. Powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies. 1. A
local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direction 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 veterans and their families,
(4) employment and re-employment services, including the employment of
veterans with disabilities program under section fifty-five-c of the
civil service law, (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 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 commissioner.
2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,
the services and facilities of existing officers, offices, departments,
commissions, boards, bureaus, institutions and other agencies of the
state and of the political subdivisions thereof and all such officers
and agencies shall cooperate with and extend such services and
facilities to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.
local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direction 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 veterans and their families,
(4) employment and re-employment services, including the employment of
veterans with disabilities program under section fifty-five-c of the
civil service law, (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 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 commissioner.
2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,
the services and facilities of existing officers, offices, departments,
commissions, boards, bureaus, institutions and other agencies of the
state and of the political subdivisions thereof and all such officers
and agencies shall cooperate with and extend such services and
facilities to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.