NY State Senate Bill 2017-S174

Senate Bill S174

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and from November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for civil service credit

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

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2017-S174 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3282
Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §85, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A8335
2011-2012: A2613
2013-2014: S6371, A3201
2015-2016: S1383, A2585

2017-S174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and from November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for civil service credit.

2017-S174 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S174

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to making the
Iranian Hostage Crisis "time of war" for civil service credit

 PURPOSE :

Provides that the periods of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and from
November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981 be "time of war" periods for
civil service credit.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the
civil service law by adding two new subparagraphs 9 and 10 to read as
follows:

Subparagraph 9: Hostilities participated in by military forces of the
United State, known as the Iranian Hostage Crisis, in the Indian
Ocean/Iran/Yeman, from the eighth day of December, 1978 to the sixth
day of June, 1979, as established by receipt of the Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, or the Marine Corps
Expeditionary Medal.

Subparagraph 10: Hostilities participated in by military forces of the
United State in the Indian Ocean/Iran/, from the twenty-first day of
November, 1979 to the twentieth day of October, 1981, as established
by receipt of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Navy
Expeditionary Medal, or the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal

Section 2: allows the act to take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

US Military veterans from New York State who defended our country
during hostilities should have the ability to earn civil service
promotional points. Veterans who served in hostile actions during the
Lebanon, Granada, and Panama crises may be eligible for certain state
benefits, but those who served during the Iranian Hostage Crisis have
been overlooked and are not able to receive these same benefits. This
legislation will allow our brave soldiers to earn civil service credit
if they served during the Iranian Hostage Crisis and during
hostilities participated in by the military of the United States
November 21, 1979 to October 20, 1981.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.1383 of 2016 referred to Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs;
S.6371 of 2014 referred to Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs;
A.2613 of 2012 held in Veterans Affairs;
A.8335 of 2010 held in Veterans Affairs;
A7081 of 2008 held in Veterans Affairs.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    174
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MARCHIONE, AKSHAR, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, HANNON,
   RITCHIE, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
   be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili-
   tary Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to making the Iranian
   Hostage Crisis "time of war" for civil service credit
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
 service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 9 and 10 to  read
 as follows:
   (9)  HOSTILITIES  PARTICIPATED  IN  BY  MILITARY  FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES,  KNOWN  AS  THE  IRANIAN   HOSTAGE   CRISIS,   IN   THE   INDIAN
 OCEAN/IRAN/YEMEN,  FROM  THE  EIGHTH  DAY  OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-EIGHT TO THE SIXTH DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-NINE,
 AS  ESTABLISHED  BY RECEIPT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, THE
 NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, OR THE MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL.
   (10) HOSTILITIES PARTICIPATED IN BY  MILITARY  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES  IN THE INDIAN OCEAN/IRAN, FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER,
 NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE TO THE TWENTIETH DAY OF OCTOBER,  NINETEEN
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE, AS ESTABLISHED BY RECEIPT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPED-
 ITIONARY MEDAL, THE NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, OR THE MARINE CORPS EXPED-
 ITIONARY MEDAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04049-01-7

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