Assembly Bill A5209

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes the "War on Terror expeditionary medal" for members of the armed forces or organized militia serving abroad during the war on terror

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  • 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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2011-A5209 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3096
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง247, Mil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7251, S4113
2013-2014: A3144, S2661
2015-2016: A2698

2011-A5209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "War on Terror expeditionary medal" for members of the armed forces or organized militia serving abroad in certain military operations during the war on terror.

2011-A5209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5209

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. KATZ, CASTELLI, FINCH, RAIA, CROUCH, MOLINARO --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING,  CONTE,  SALADINO,  THIELE  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the military law, in relation to providing for the "War
  on Terror expeditionary medal" to be granted  to  those  who  provided
  certain military service abroad

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1-a and 4 of section 247 of the military  law,
subdivision  1-a as added and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 184 of
the laws of 1998, are amended and a new subdivision 1-b is added to read
as follows:
  1-a. The governor is hereby authorized to present in the name  of  the
legislature of the state of New York, a military decoration, to be known
as  the  "conspicuous  service  star",  bearing  a suitable inscription,
device, and ribbon, all of which shall be of  suitable  design,  to  any
person  (i)  who is a citizen of the state of New York or (ii) who was a
citizen of the state of New York while serving in the  armed  forces  of
the  United  States,  and  who, while serving in the United States Armed
Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps, or coast  guard,
has, or shall have received a United States unit level decoration denot-
ing combat participation and foreign unit awards, issued from a company,
regimental, brigade, or division commander, or equivalent naval unit, or
issued by the President of the United States, the Congress of the United
States,  the  United  States  Defense  Department or the joint chiefs of
staff, such as, but not limited to, a presidential unit  citation  or  a
joint meritorious unit award. Not more than one conspicuous service star
shall  be issued to any one person; nor shall any citation be awarded or
presented, under the provisions of this subdivision, to any person whose
entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of such star  shall
not  have  been  honorable. For each succeeding star as provided herein,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07841-01-1
              

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