NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1713

Senate Bill S1713

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program (G.I.V.E. Back NY)

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

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 03, 2018	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Jan 10, 2017	referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

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2017-S1713 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 6-B §97, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7626
2015-2016: S2182
2019-2020: S386
2021-2022: S228
2023-2024: S291

2017-S1713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program (G.I.V.E Back NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans with service connected disabilities.

2017-S1713 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1713

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to
establishing a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully
employed program (G.I.V.E.  Back NY)

 PURPOSE OF THE BILL a

To set aside a percentage of the current Assembly Intern and Youth
Participation Program and Senate Student Program positions for service
disabled veterans.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This measure will add a new Article (Article 6-B) to the Legislative
Law and establish opportunities for service-disabled veteran to
participate in existing internship programs based on the following
guidelines:

Eligible candidates will be Honorably discharged veterans with
service-connected disabilities as determined by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense who are
unemployed or underemployed and have demonstrated an interest in
future employment in public service, government or public policy.

Inclusion of (but not limited to) a 10 percent set-aside of in each of

the current Assembly Youth Participation Program and Senate Student
Program for these eligible veterans.

In the same manner students are recruited for internship programs, the
Assembly Intern Office and the Senate Intern Office shall coordinate
with each of the respective county veteran's service agencies to
identify and recruit eligible candidates.

G.I.V.E. Back NY enrollees receive a stipend of $11,500 for a
semester-long program or that amount equal to graduate students
participating in the same internship program.


 JUSTIFICATION :

In the year 2014, there are 120 interns in the Assembly Internship
program, which is down from 180 interns.in 2013. Currently, the
Assembly Internship program is open to students matriculated in a
four-year college. Undergraduates receive a $4,500 annual stipend
($6,500 for LUNY students) and graduate students earn $11,500. It is
budgeted at $929,149 this fiscal year. This program proposes that
G.I.V.E. Back NY enrollees receive a stipend of $11,500 for the
semester-long program. There will be no additional cost to taxpayers
to implement G.I.V.E. Back NY.

As our country continues to rely on our service men and women to
protect the ideals of our country, we cannot forget those veterans who
have come home to find that integrating back into our workforce and
communities poses many challenges.

As a Legislature we have always come together when it comes to those
service men and women, whether their service was this year, ten years
ago or sixty years ago. Who better than our wounded warriors to see
the inner workings of our republic and representative democracy they
put their lives on the line for to the extent that they now have to
deal with a lifelong disability?

The discipline and work ethic instilled in these service men and women
will prove to be a valuable asset to the New York State Legislature.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

01/21/2015:S.2182 Referred to Veterans Homeland Security and Military
Affairs
01/06/2016: S.2182 Referred to Veterans Homeland Security and Military
Affairs

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None, Budget Neutral.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1713
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. TEDISCO, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to establishing a
   giving internships for disabled veterans not  fully  employed  program
   (G.I.V.E.  Back NY)

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article  6-B
 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 6-B
                 GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS
                        NOT FULLY EMPLOYED PROGRAM
                            (G.I.V.E. BACK NY)
 SECTION 97. GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS NOT FULLY
               EMPLOYED PROGRAM (G.I.V.E. BACK NY).
   § 97. GIVING  INTERNSHIPS  FOR  DISABLED  VETERANS  NOT FULLY EMPLOYED
 PROGRAM (G.I.V.E. BACK NY). 1. THERE IS HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE
 LEGISLATURE  A  G.I.V.E.  BACK  NY  PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
 SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSEMBLY  YOUTH  PARTIC-
 IPATION PROGRAM AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL AWARD
 TEN PERCENT OF AVAILABLE INTERNSHIPS IN THE ASSEMBLY YOUTH PARTICIPATION
 PROGRAM  AND THE SENATE STUDENT PROGRAM TO ELIGIBLE HONORABLY DISCHARGED
 VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES.  VETERANS WHO ARE  AWARDED
 INTERNSHIPS  PURSUANT  TO  THE  G.I.V.E. BACK NY PROGRAM SHALL RECEIVE A
 STIPEND THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE STIPEND AWARDED  TO  GRADUATE  STUDENT
 PARTICIPANTS  IN  THE  ASSEMBLY  YOUTH  PARTICIPATION PROGRAM AND SENATE
 STUDENT PROGRAM FOR A ONE SEMESTER INTERNSHIP.
   2. TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE G.I.V.E. BACK  NY  PROGRAM,  A
 CANDIDATE SHALL:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06365-01-7

 S. 1713                             2
 
   (A) BE HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
 WITH  SERVICE-CONNECTED  DISABILITIES AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS  AFFAIRS  OR  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF
 DEFENSE;
   (B) BE UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED;
   (C)  HAVE  DEMONSTRATED  AN  INTEREST  IN  FUTURE EMPLOYMENT IN PUBLIC
 SERVICE, GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC POLICY; AND
   (D) SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE  G.I.V.E.  BACK  NY
 PROGRAM  TO  THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN A
 MANNER AND FORM AS DETERMINED BY THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY.
   3. IN AN EFFORT TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE  G.I.V.E.
 BACK NY PROGRAM, THE ASSEMBLY INTERN OFFICE AND THE SENATE INTERN OFFICE
 SHALL  COORDINATE  WITH  EACH  OTHER  AND WITH COUNTY VETERANS' SERVICES
 AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY AND RECRUIT ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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