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                                  8465--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Veterans'
   Affairs in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the hire
   a vet grant program; and providing for the repeal of  such  provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  369-f
 to read as follows:
   § 369-F. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAY-
 ERS IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE
 OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  TEN-B OF THE TAX LAW, WHERE SUCH MUNICIPALITY
 HIRES AND EMPLOYS, FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR  AND  FOR  NOT  LESS  THAN
 THIRTY-FIVE  HOURS  EACH WEEK, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE STATE. THE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY CLAIM THE GRANT IN THE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE  QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES ONE YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (A)  WHO  SERVED  ON  ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR
 FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD OR THE RESERVES THEREOF, OR WHO  SERVED
 IN  ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY
 NATIONAL GUARD, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD  OR  NEW  YORK  NAVAL
 MILITIA;  WHO  (I) WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY BY GENERAL OR HONORABLE
 DISCHARGE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND  ONE;  OR  (II)  HAS  A
 QUALIFYING  CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS
 CHAPTER, AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A  DISCHARGE  OTHER  THAN  BAD  CONDUCT  OR
 DISHONORABLE  FROM  SUCH  SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND
 ONE; OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  THREE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF THIS CHAPTER, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN
 BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE AFTER SEPTEMBER  ELEVENTH,
 TWO THOUSAND ONE;
   (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE; AND
   (C)  WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT
 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY
 WEEK IN THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR  TO  HIS  OR
 HER EMPLOYMENT BY THE MUNICIPALITY.
   3.  PROHIBITION.  A  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL NOT DISCHARGE AN EMPLOYEE AND
 HIRE A QUALIFYING VETERAN SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF QUALIFYING FOR  THIS
 GRANT.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO AMEND, MODIFY OR SUPERSEDE
 ANY OTHER LAW WHICH PRESCRIBES THE QUALIFICATIONS WHICH  A  PERSON  MUST
 HAVE TO BE APPOINTED TO A POSITION SUBJECT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   4.  AMOUNT  OF  GRANT. THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT SHALL BE TEN PERCENT OF
 THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WAGES PAID  TO  THE  QUALIFIED  VETERAN  DURING  THE
 VETERAN'S FIRST FULL YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, IF THE
 QUALIFIED  VETERAN IS A DISABLED VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  LAW,  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  THE  GRANT  SHALL  BE FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
 WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED VETERAN DURING THE VETERAN'S FIRST FULL YEAR
 OF EMPLOYMENT. THE GRANT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED  IN ANY YEAR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN AND
 FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN  WHO  IS  A  DISABLED
 VETERAN.
   5. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS ANY
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2026.

                             
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                                  8465--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Veterans'
   Affairs in accordance with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the  hire
   a  vet  grant program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
   upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 369-f
 to read as follows:
   § 369-F. HIRE A VET GRANT. 1. ALLOWANCE OF GRANT. A MUNICIPALITY SHALL
 BE ALLOWED A GRANT EQUIVALENT TO THE CREDIT PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE TAXPAY-
 ERS IN THE "HIRE A VET CREDIT" AS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE
 OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B OF THE TAX  LAW,  WHERE  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY
 HIRES AND EMPLOYS, FOR NOT LESS THAN TWELVE CONTINUOUS AND UNINTERRUPTED
 MONTHS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD") IN A FULL-
 TIME  OR  PART-TIME  POSITION, A QUALIFIED VETERAN WITHIN THE STATE. THE
 MUNICIPALITY MAY CLAIM THE GRANT IN THE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE  QUALIFIED
 VETERAN COMPLETES THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICI-
 PALITY.
   2. QUALIFIED VETERAN. A QUALIFIED VETERAN IS AN INDIVIDUAL:
   (A)  WHO  SERVED  ON  ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR
 FORCE, SPACE FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD OR THE  RESERVES  THEREOF,
 OR  WHO  SERVED  IN  ACTIVE  MILITARY  SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AS A
 MEMBER OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD OR
 NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA, OR WHO SERVED IN THE ACTIVE  UNIFORMED  SERVICES
 OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  AS  A  MEMBER  OF THE COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE
 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINISTRATION  OR  THE  COMMISSIONED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 CORPS  OF  THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WHO (I) WAS RELEASED
 FROM ACTIVE DUTY BY GENERAL OR HONORABLE DISCHARGE; OR (II) HAS A QUALI-
 FYING CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY OF THIS CHAP-
 TER, AND HAS RECEIVED A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE
 FROM  SUCH SERVICE; OR (III) IS A DISCHARGED LGBT VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FIFTY  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  HAS  RECEIVED  A
 DISCHARGE OTHER THAN BAD CONDUCT OR DISHONORABLE FROM SUCH SERVICE;
   (B) WHO COMMENCES EMPLOYMENT WITH THE MUNICIPALITY ON OR AFTER JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE; AND
   (C)  WHO CERTIFIES BY SIGNED AFFIDAVIT, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT
 HE OR SHE HAS NOT BEEN EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE OR MORE HOURS DURING ANY
 WEEK IN THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-DAY PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR  TO  HIS  OR
 HER EMPLOYMENT BY THE MUNICIPALITY.
   3.  PROHIBITION.  A  MUNICIPALITY  SHALL NOT DISCHARGE AN EMPLOYEE AND
 HIRE A QUALIFYING VETERAN SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF QUALIFYING FOR  THIS
 GRANT.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO AMEND, MODIFY OR SUPERSEDE
 ANY OTHER LAW WHICH PRESCRIBES THE QUALIFICATIONS WHICH  A  PERSON  MUST
 HAVE TO BE APPOINTED TO A POSITION SUBJECT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   4.  AMOUNT  OF  GRANT.  (A)  THE  AMOUNT OF THE GRANT SHALL BE FIFTEEN
 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF  WAGES  PAID  TO  THE  QUALIFIED  VETERAN
 DURING  THE VETERAN'S FIRST TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT. PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT, IF THE  QUALIFIED  VETERAN  IS  A  DISABLED  VETERAN,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF
 THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT SHALL BE  TWENTY  PERCENT
 OF  THE  TOTAL  AMOUNT OF WAGES PAID TO THE QUALIFIED VETERAN DURING THE
 VETERAN'S FIRST TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.
   (B) THE GRANT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT EXCEED IN
 ANY YEAR:
   (I) FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN, OTHER  THAN  A
 DISABLED  VETERAN,  EMPLOYED  IN  A  FULL-TIME POSITION FOR ONE THOUSAND
 EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE HOURS IN ONE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD;
   (II) TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN WHO IS A  DISA-
 BLED  VETERAN  EMPLOYED  IN  A FULL-TIME POSITION FOR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT
 HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE HOURS IN ONE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD;
   (III) SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ANY  QUALIFIED  VETERAN,
 OTHER  THAN  A DISABLED VETERAN, EMPLOYED IN A PART-TIME POSITION FOR AT
 LEAST ONE THOUSAND FORTY HOURS BUT NOT  MORE  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT
 HUNDRED NINETEEN HOURS IN ONE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD; AND
   (IV)  TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY QUALIFIED VETERAN WHO IS A DISABLED
 VETERAN EMPLOYED IN A PART-TIME POSITION FOR AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND FORTY
 HOURS BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETEEN HOURS IN ONE
 TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD.
   5. DEFINITION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS  ANY
 COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed January 1, 2026.