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                                  2507

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 24, 2011
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Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to  prefer-
  ences  under  the  affordable  home  ownership development program for
  service related disabled 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  3 of section 1112 of the
private housing finance law, as amended by chapter 898 of  the  laws  of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is
designed  to continue to be affordable to such households for a substan-
tial period of time[.] OR SERVE HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH THE HOME BUYER IS  A
SERVICE RELATED DISABLED VETERAN.
  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SERVICE RELATED DISABLED VETERAN" SHALL
MEAN  A  PERSON  (I)  WHO  SERVED  IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR
SERVICE DURING A TIME OF WAR AS DEFINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, OR WHO WAS  A
RECIPIENT  OF  THE  ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, NAVY EXPEDITIONARY
MEDAL, MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL,  OR  GLOBAL  WAR  ON  TERRORISM
EXPEDITIONARY  MEDAL, AND WHO WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER
HONORABLE CONDITIONS, (II) HAS BEEN AWARDED A DISABILITY RATING OF FORTY
PERCENT OR HIGHER FROM THE FEDERAL VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION OR FROM  THE
UNITED  STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WHERE THAT DISABILITY WAS INCURRED
IN LINE OF DUTY IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL OR AIR SERVICE,  AS  DOCU-
MENTED ACCORDING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE DIVI-
SION.
  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SERVICE DURING TIME OF WAR" SHALL
MEAN: (I) THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE ARMED FORCES
EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, THE NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL OR  THE  MARINE  CORPS
EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN OPERATIONS IN LEBANON FROM JUNE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE TO DECEMBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SEVEN,  IN  GRENADA  FROM  OCTOBER TWENTY-THIRD, NINETEEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-THREE TO NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE, OR
IN PANAMA FROM DECEMBER TWENTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE TO JANU-
ARY THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY, OR;
  (II)  THE  INDIVIDUAL SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR NINETY DAYS OR MORE IN
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING ANY ONE  OF  THE  FOLLOWING
WARS OR HOSTILITIES:
  (1) IN THE MEXICAN BORDER CAMPAIGN FROM THE NINTH DAY OF MAY, NINETEEN
HUNDRED  SIXTEEN, TO THE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN,
INCLUSIVE;
  (2) IN WORLD WAR I FROM THE  SIXTH  DAY  OF  APRIL,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
SEVENTEEN  TO  THE  ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN,
INCLUSIVE;
  (3) IN WORLD WAR II FROM THE SEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED
FORTY-ONE  TO  THE  THIRTY-FIRST  DAY  OF  DECEMBER,  NINETEEN   HUNDRED
FORTY-SIX, INCLUSIVE;
  (4)  IN  THE  KOREAN  HOSTILITIES FROM THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE,
NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY TO THE  THIRTY-FIRST  DAY  OF  JANUARY,  NINETEEN
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE, INCLUSIVE;
  (5)  IN  THE  VIETNAM CONFLICT FROM THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER,
NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE TO THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FIVE;
  (6)  IN THE PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT FROM THE SECOND DAY OF AUGUST, NINE-
TEEN HUNDRED NINETY TO THE END OF SUCH CONFLICT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.