Senate Bill S2065

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases annuity of blind veterans or spouses of deceased blind veterans to $1500 annually

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2065 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9744
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง362, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6780

2009-S2065 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases annuity of blind veterans or spouse of deceased blind veteran to $1500 annually.

2009-S2065 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2065

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. HUNTLEY, DIAZ, C. JOHNSON, MONSERRATE, PARKER, SAMP-
  SON  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
  ted to the Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland  Security  and  Military
  Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the annuity
  of blind veterans or spouses of deceased blind veterans

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 362 of  the  execu-
tive  law,  as amended by chapter 251 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
read as follows:
  a. Any veteran as defined in this article who has been or is hereafter
classified by the New York State commission for the visually handicapped
as a blind person as defined in section three of  chapter  four  hundred
fifteen  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred  thirteen, as amended, and
continues to be a blind person  within  the  meaning  of  that  section,
shall,  upon  application  to  the director of the division of veterans'
affairs, be paid out of the treasury of the state for such term as  such
veteran  shall be entitled thereto under the provisions of this article,
the sum of one thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars annually, plus any applica-
ble annual adjustment, as provided in this section.
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 362 of the executive law,
as amended by chapter 251 of the laws of 2004, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  a.  The unremarried spouse of a veteran who heretofore has died or the
unremarried spouse of a veteran dying hereafter, such veteran  being  at
the  time of her or his death a recipient of, or eligible for, the bene-
fits above provided, shall, upon application to the director  of  veter-
ans'  affairs,  also be paid out of the treasury of the state the sum of
one thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars annually, plus any  applicable  annual
adjustment,  for  such term as such unremarried spouse shall be entitled
thereto under the provisions of this article.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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