Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 06, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
May 24, 2011 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 25, 2011 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S3581
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2011-S3581 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง359, Exec L
2011-S3581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3581 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to increasing the amount of reimbursement the division of veterans' affairs shall pay to local veterans' service agencies for the cost and maintenance of such agencies PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation seeks to provide appropriate State financial support to veterans' service agencies. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends subdivision 1 of section 359 of the executive law as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2009, to increase the amount of state moneys available to each county veterans service agency to an amount equal to 75% of its expenditures for maintenance and operation approved by the State director. Section 2: Effective Date JUSTIFICATION: As more veterans are returning home from the War on Terror, the services provided by county veterans service agencies is in increasing demand. Therefore, it is appropriate to increase the amount of State support available to local veterans service agencies
2011-S3581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3581 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- 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 executive law, in relation to increasing the amount of reimbursement the division of veterans' affairs shall pay to local veterans' service agencies for the cost and maintenance of such agen- cies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 359 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 1. A local director shall designate the location of the local and branch offices of the local veterans' service agency within his juris- diction, which offices shall be open during convenient hours. The cost of maintenance and operation of a county veterans' service agency shall be a county charge and the cost of maintenance and operation of a city veterans' service agency shall be a city charge, excepting that the state director with the approval of the veterans' affairs commission shall allot and pay, from state moneys made available to him for such purposes, to each county veterans' service agency and each city veter- ans' service agency, an amount equal to [fifty] SEVENTY-FIVE per centum of its expenditures for maintenance and operation approved by the state director, provided that in no event shall the amount allotted and paid for such approved expenditures incurred in any given year exceed (1) in the case of any county veterans' service agency in a county having a population of not more than one hundred thousand or in the case of any city veterans' service agency in a city having a population of not more than one hundred thousand, the sum of [ten] THIRTY-FIVE thousand dollars, nor (2) in the case of any county veterans' service agency in a county having a population in excess of one hundred thousand excluding EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09462-01-1
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