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Jan 11, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A1761
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
NOLAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Aileen Gunther
Alan Maisel
Margaret Markey
multi-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Rhoda Jacobs
John McEneny
William Scarborough
2011-A1761 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A1761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1761 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN, COOK, GUNTHER, MAISEL, MARKEY, PERRY, PHEFFER, SCHROEDER, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTT- FRIED, JACOBS, McENENY, SCARBOROUGH, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the veterans tuition awards program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 669-a of the educa- tion law, as added by section 2 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, 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] DURING hostilities that occurred after February twenty- eighth, nineteen hundred sixty-one, [as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal,] and (iii) was discharged under honorable conditions, including but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under honorable conditions, or general discharge. S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 669-a of the education law, as amended by section 3 of part N of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 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. S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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