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                                   5190
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 general construction law,  the  executive  law,  the
   veterans' services law, the election law, the military law, the insur-
   ance  law,  the  private housing finance law, the public officers law,
   the economic development law, the civil  service  law,  and  the  real
   property  tax law, in relation to including members of the space force
   as being members of the armed forces or veterans eligible for  certain
   credits and benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-a of the general construction law, as amended by
 chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United
 States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force, SPACE  FORCE  and
 coast  guard,  including  all components thereof, and the national guard
 when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by
 law.  Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered a member
 or veteran of the armed forces of the United States unless  his  or  her
 service  therein  is or was on a full-time active duty basis, other than
 active duty for training or he or she was employed by the  War  Shipping
 Administration  or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a
 merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard  or  Depart-
 ment  of  Commerce,  or as a civil servant employed by the United States
 Army Transport Service (later redesignated as  the  United  States  Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
 Defense or he or she served as a United States civilian employed by  the
 American  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was discharged or released
 therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii) has  a  qualifying  condi-
 tion,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 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 the executive law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 he  or  she  served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation
 Ground Support Employee of Pan American World  Airways  or  one  of  its
 subsidiaries  or  its  affiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan
 American's contract with Air Transport Command or  Naval  Air  Transport
 Service  during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nine-
 teen hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred
 forty-five,  and  (iv) was discharged or released therefrom under honor-
 able conditions, or (v)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty  of the executive law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (vi)  is  a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three hundred
 fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than  bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  2.  Section  13-a  of  the  general construction law, as amended by
 section 60 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United
 States"  means  the army, navy, marine corps, air force, SPACE FORCE and
 coast guard, including all components thereof, and  the  national  guard
 when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by
 law.  Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered a member
 or  veteran  of  the armed forces of the United States unless his or her
 service therein is or was on a full-time active duty basis,  other  than
 active  duty  for training or he or she was employed by the War Shipping
 Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as  a
 merchant  seaman  documented by the United States Coast Guard or Depart-
 ment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by  the  United  States
 Army  Transport  Service  (later  redesignated as the United States Army
 Transportation  Corps,  Water  Division)  or  the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of
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 Defense or he or she served as a United States civilian employed by  the
 American  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (i) was discharged or  released
 therefrom  under  honorable  conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condi-
 tion, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,  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
 one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or he or she  served
 as  a  United  States  civilian  Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
 with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
 period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
 one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and (iv) was
 discharged  or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has
 a qualifying condition, as defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'
 services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 3. Subdivisions 3, 4, and 9 of section 350  of  the  executive  law,
 subdivision  9  as added by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended
 and five new subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  The  term  "veteran"  means a person, [male or female, resident of
 this state,] who has served in the active military [or], naval, AIR,  OR
 SPACE  service  of  the  United States [during a war in which the United
 States engaged] and who [has been released from such  service  otherwise
 than  by  dishonorable  discharge,]  or  [who has been furloughed to the
 reserve] WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED  THEREFROM  UNDER  CONDITIONS  OTHER
 THAN DISHONORABLE.
   4. The term "armed forces" means the [military and naval forces of the
 United  States]  ARMY,  NAVY,  AIR  FORCE, MARINE CORPS, SPACE FORCE AND
 COAST GUARD.
   9. The  term  "discharged  LGBT  veteran"  means  a  veteran  who  was
 discharged  less  than honorably from military [or] naval OR AIR service
 due to their sexual orientation or gender  identity  or  expression,  as
 those  terms are defined in section two hundred ninety-two of this chap-
 ter, or statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relat-
 ing to sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or the disclo-
 sure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited  by  the
 military  [or], naval OR AIR service at the time of discharge. The divi-
 sion shall establish a  consistent  and  uniform  process  to  determine
 whether  a  veteran  qualifies  as  a discharged LGBT veteran under this
 subdivision, including, at a minimum, standards for verifying  a  veter-
 an's  status as a discharged LGBT veteran, and a method of demonstrating
 eligibility as a discharged LGBT veteran.
   10. THE TERM "DISCHARGE OR RELEASE" INCLUDES:  (A) RETIREMENT FROM THE
 ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE SERVICE; AND (B) THE  SATISFACTORY
 COMPLETION  OF  THE  PERIOD  OF  ACTIVE  MILITARY,  NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE
 SERVICE FOR WHICH A PERSON WAS OBLIGATED AT THE TIME OF THE  ENTRY  INTO
 SUCH  SERVICE  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A PERSON, WHO DUE TO THE ENLISTMENT OR
 RE-ENLISTMENT WAS NOT AWARDED A DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM SUCH PERIOD OF
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 SERVICE AT THE TIME OF SUCH COMPLETION THEREOF AND WHO,  AT  SUCH  TIME,
 WOULD  OTHERWISE  HAVE  BEEN  ELIGIBLE  FOR  THE  AWARD  OF DISCHARGE OR
 RELEASED UNDER CONDITIONS OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE.
   11.  THE  TERM  "ACTIVE DUTY" MEANS: (A) A FULL-TIME DUTY IN THE ARMED
 FORCES OTHER THAN ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING; OR (B) FULL-TIME DUTY (OTHER
 THAN FOR TRAINING PURPOSES) AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE REGULAR  OR
 RESERVE  CORPS  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; OR (C) FULL-TIME DUTY AS A
 COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC  AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINIS-
 TRATION  OR  ITS  PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION; OR (D) SERVICE AS A CADET AT
 THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD  ACADEMY  OR  AS  A
 MIDSHIPMAN  AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN CASES WHERE SUCH CADET
 OR MIDSHIPMAN COMPLETED THE COURSE OF STUDY; OR (E) AUTHORIZED TRAVEL TO
 OR FROM SUCH DUTY OR SERVICE.
   12. THE TERM "RESERVE" MEANS A MEMBER OF A RESERVE  COMPONENT  OF  THE
 ARMED FORCES.
   13. THE TERM "RESERVE COMPONENT" MEANS WITH RESPECT OF THE ARMED FORC-
 ES:    (A)  THE ARMY RESERVE; (B) THE NAVY RESERVE; (C) THE MARINE CORPS
 RESERVE; (D) THE AIR FORCE RESERVE; (E) THE COAST GUARD RESERVE; (F) THE
 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES; AND (G) THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD
 OF THE UNITED STATES.
   14. THE TERM "UNIFORMED SERVICES" MEANS: (A) THE ARMED FORCES; (B) THE
 COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE  NATIONAL  OCEANIC  AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINIS-
 TRATION;  AND  (C)  THE  COMMISSIONED  CORPS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC
 HEALTH SERVICE.
   § 4. Section 1 of the veterans' services law is amended by adding five
 new subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 to read as follows:
   10. THE TERM "DISCHARGE OR RELEASE" INCLUDES: (A) RETIREMENT FROM  THE
 ACTIVE  MILITARY, NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE SERVICE; AND (B) THE SATISFACTORY
 COMPLETION OF THE PERIOD  OF  ACTIVE  MILITARY,  NAVAL,  AIR,  OR  SPACE
 SERVICE  FOR  WHICH A PERSON WAS OBLIGATED AT THE TIME OF THE ENTRY INTO
 SUCH SERVICE IN THE CASE OF A PERSON,  WHO  DUE  TO  THE  ENLISTMENT  OR
 RE-ENLISTMENT WAS NOT AWARDED A DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM SUCH PERIOD OF
 SERVICE  AT  THE  TIME OF SUCH COMPLETION THEREOF AND WHO, AT SUCH TIME,
 WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE  BEEN  ELIGIBLE  FOR  THE  AWARD  OF  DISCHARGE  OR
 RELEASED UNDER CONDITIONS OTHER THAN DISHONORABLE.
   11.  THE  TERM  "ACTIVE DUTY" MEANS: (A) A FULL-TIME DUTY IN THE ARMED
 FORCES OTHER THAN ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING; OR (B) FULL-TIME DUTY (OTHER
 THAN FOR TRAINING PURPOSES) AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE REGULAR  OR
 RESERVE  CORPS  OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; OR (C) FULL-TIME DUTY AS A
 COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC  AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINIS-
 TRATION  OR  ITS  PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION; OR (D) SERVICE AS A CADET AT
 THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, AIR FORCE OR COAST GUARD  ACADEMY  OR  AS  A
 MIDSHIPMAN  AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY IN CASES WHERE SUCH CADET
 OR MIDSHIPMAN COMPLETED THE COURSE OF STUDY; OR (E) AUTHORIZED TRAVEL TO
 OR FROM SUCH DUTY OR SERVICE.
   12. THE TERM "RESERVE" MEANS A MEMBER OF A RESERVE  COMPONENT  OF  THE
 ARMED FORCES.
   13. THE TERM "RESERVE COMPONENT" MEANS WITH RESPECT OF THE ARMED FORC-
 ES:  (A)  THE  ARMY  RESERVE; (B) THE NAVY RESERVE; (C) THE MARINE CORPS
 RESERVE; (D) THE AIR FORCE RESERVE; (E) THE COAST GUARD RESERVE; (F) THE
 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES; AND (G) THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD
 OF THE UNITED STATES.
   14. THE TERM "UNIFORMED SERVICES" MEANS: (A) THE ARMED FORCES; (B) THE
 COMMISSIONED CORPS OF THE  NATIONAL  OCEANIC  AND  ATMOSPHERIC  ADMINIS-
 TRATION;  AND  (C)  THE  COMMISSIONED  CORPS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC
 HEALTH SERVICE.
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   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 369-b of the executive law, as added  by
 chapter 557 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3. "Veteran" shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the
 United  States  army,  navy, marine corps, air force, SPACE FORCE, coast
 guard or the reserves  component,  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 was
 released from such service  otherwise  then  by  dishonorable  discharge
 after September eleventh, two thousand one.
   §  6.  Subdivisions  5  and  7  of section 369-h of the executive law,
 subdivision 5 as added by chapter 22 of the laws of 2014 and subdivision
 7 as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read  as
 follows:
   5. "Service-disabled veteran" shall mean (a) in the case of the United
 States  army,  navy,  air force, SPACE FORCE, marines, coast guard, army
 national guard or air national guard and/or reserves thereof, a  veteran
 who  received  a  compensation rating of ten percent or greater from the
 United States department of veterans affairs or from the  United  States
 department of defense because of a service-connected disability incurred
 in  the  line  of duty, and (b) in the case of the New York guard or the
 New York naval militia and/or reserves thereof, a veteran who certifies,
 pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by  the  director,  to
 having  incurred  an  injury  equivalent to a compensation rating of ten
 percent or greater from the United States department of veterans affairs
 or from the United States department of defense because  of  a  service-
 connected disability incurred in the line of duty.
   7. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in the United States army,
 navy,  air  force,  SPACE  FORCE,  marines, coast guard, and/or reserves
 thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York
 guard and/or the New York naval militia, and who  (i)  has  received  an
 honorable or general discharge from such service, or (ii) has a qualify-
 ing  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.
   § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 365  of  the  executive
 law,  as added by section 5 of part W of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a) For each New York state veterans cemetery there shall be a manage-
 ment board. Each such management board shall consist  of  nine  members,
 including  the  director  of  the division who shall serve as chair, and
 four members, appointed by the governor. Of such four members, not fewer
 than two shall be a veteran of the United States army, the United States
 navy, the United States air force, THE UNITED STATES  SPACE  FORCE,  the
 United  States  marines,  the New York army national guard, the New York
 air national guard, the New York naval militia,  or  a  member  who  has
 served  in  a  theater  of  combat operations of the United States coast
 guard or the  United  States  merchant  marine.  Two  members  shall  be
 appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of the senate, and two members
 shall be appointed by the speaker of the state assembly. At least one of
 the members appointed by the temporary president of the  senate  and  at
 least  one of the members appointed by the speaker of the assembly shall
 be a veteran of the United States army,  the  United  States  navy,  the
 United  States  air  force, the United States marines, the New York army
 national guard, the New York air national  guard,  the  New  York  naval
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 militia, or a member who has served in a theater of combat operations of
 the  United  States coast guard or the United States merchant marine. No
 member shall receive any  compensation  for  his  or  her  service,  but
 members  who  are not state officials may be reimbursed for their actual
 and necessary expenses, including travel expenses incurred  in  perform-
 ance of their duties. The management board may consult with any federal,
 state  or  local  entity  for  the  purposes  of advancing its purposes,
 mission and duties.
   § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 10-102 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Military  service" means the military service of the state, or of
 the United States, including the army, navy, marine  corps,  air  force,
 SPACE  FORCE,  coast  guard, merchant marine and all components thereof,
 and the coast and  geodetic  survey,  the  public  health  service,  the
 national guard when in the service of the United States pursuant to call
 as  provided  by  law, and the cadets or midshipmen of the United States
 Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, United States  Air  Force
 Academy and United States Coast Guard Academy.
   § 9. Subsection (a) of section 3435-a of the insurance law, as amended
 by chapter 416 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Insurers shall be prohibited from refusing to issue a motor vehi-
 cle liability insurance policy to any person with a valid New York state
 driver's license which has been maintained by such person for  at  least
 thirty-nine  months  prior to the time of application for such policy of
 insurance solely on the basis that such person has not owned or leased a
 vehicle during such period, unless  such  decision  is  based  on  sound
 underwriting  and  actuarial  principles reasonably related to actual or
 anticipated loss experience. Provided, however, that an applicant demon-
 strating a continuous, valid  out-of-state  or  out-of-country  driver's
 license  during  such  thirty-nine month period due to active service in
 the United States army, navy, air force, SPACE FORCE or marines shall be
 treated as if continuous licensing had been maintained in New  York  and
 such  person  shall  not be rejected based solely on the fact that he or
 she served in the military.
   § 10. Subdivisions 3, 4, and 8 of section 1 of the  military  law,  as
 amended  by  section  112  of  the  laws of 1989, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3. The terms "military" and "military and naval" shall  mean  army  or
 land, air or air force, SPACE FORCE and navy or naval.
   4.  The  terms  "military  or  naval" and "military (including air) or
 naval" shall mean army or land, air or air force, SPACE FORCE or navy or
 naval.
   8. The terms "active military service of the United  States"  and  "in
 the  armed forces of the United States" shall mean full time duty in the
 army, navy [(including], marine corps[)],  air  force,  SPACE  FORCE  or
 coast guard of the United States.
   §  11.  Paragraph a and subparagraph 2 of paragraph b of subdivision 1
 of section 214 of the military law, paragraph a as added by chapter  853
 of  the  laws  of  1953  and subparagraph 2 of paragraph b as amended by
 chapter 625 of the laws of 1965, are amended to read as follows:
   a. has been a commissioned officer in  active  service  for  at  least
 twenty years in the organized militia of the state of New York or in the
 army,  air force, SPACE FORCE, navy or marine corps of the United States
 for at least twenty years and
   (2) for ten consecutive years of such  service  immediately  preceding
 his  retirement  and  transfer  to the state retired list as provided in
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 this chapter, if he has had actual combat  experience  in  time  of  war
 while  in  the army, air force, SPACE FORCE, navy or marine corps of the
 United States or if he has served on the active list of a force or forc-
 es  of  the  organized militia for at least ten years as an enlisted man
 and at least thirty years as a commissioned officer, shall receive annu-
 ally from the date of his retirement and transfer to the  state  retired
 list  as  provided in this chapter and during the time he remains on the
 state retired list seventy-five per centum of the highest annual rate of
 compensation paid to him by the state for the performance of military or
 naval duty.
   § 12. Subdivision 3 of section 1271 of  the  private  housing  finance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   3. "Veteran" shall mean a resident of this state who (a) has served in
 the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force,  SPACE  FORCE  or
 coast  guard  or (b) has served on active duty or ordered to active duty
 as defined in 10 USC 101 (d)(1) as a member of  the  national  guard  or
 other  reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or (c)
 has served on active duty or ordered to active duty for the state, as  a
 member  of the state organized militia as defined in subdivision nine of
 section one of the military law, and has been released from such service
 documented by an honorable or general discharge,  or  has  a  qualifying
 condition,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, or is  a  discharged  LGBT  veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty  of the executive law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 13. Subdivision 17 of section 243 of the military law, as amended by
 chapter 312 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   17. Certificates as to service. A certificate signed by the commander,
 total army personnel center as to persons in the army or in  any  branch
 of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the army
 of  the United States, signed by the commander, naval military personnel
 as to persons in the United States service while serving pursuant to law
 with the United States navy, and signed by the commandant, United States
 marine corps, as to persons in the marine corps, or in any other  branch
 of  the  United  States  service  while serving pursuant to law with the
 marine corps, signed by the chief, air force military  personnel  center
 as to persons in the United States service while serving pursuant to law
 with  the  United  States  air force, SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER AS TO
 PERSONS IN THE SPACE FORCE OR IN ANY OTHER BRANCH OF THE  UNITED  STATES
 SERVICE WHILE SERVING PURSUANT TO LAW WITH THE SPACE FORCE OF THE UNITED
 STATES, or signed by an officer designated by any of them, respectively,
 for  the  purpose, shall when produced be prima facie evidence as to any
 of the following facts stated in such certificate: That a  person  named
 has  not been, or is, or has been in military service; the time when and
 the place where such person entered military service, his  residence  at
 that  time,  and  the  rank,  branch,  and  unit of such service that he
 entered, the dates within which he was in military service, the  monthly
 pay  received by such person at the date of issuing the certificate, the
 time when and the place where such person died in or was discharged from
 such service. It is the duty of the foregoing officers to  furnish  such
 certificate  on application, and any such certificate when purporting to
 be signed by any one of such officers, or by any person purporting  upon
 the  face  of the certificate to have been so authorized, shall be prima
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 facie evidence of its contents and of the authority  of  the  signer  to
 issue the same.
   § 14. Section 63 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 606
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   § 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans' day.
 It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every
 court  of  the  state of New York, of every superintendent or foreman on
 the public works of said state, of the county officers  of  the  several
 counties  of  said  state,  of the town officers of the various towns in
 this state, of the fire district officers of the various fire  districts
 in this state, and of the head of every department, bureau and office in
 the government of the various cities and villages in this state, and the
 officers  of  any  public benefit corporation or any public authority of
 this state, or of any public benefit corporation or public authority  of
 any  county  or subdivision of this state, to give leave of absence with
 pay for twenty-four hours on the day prescribed by law as a public holi-
 day for the observance of Memorial day and on the eleventh day of Novem-
 ber, known as Veterans' day, to every  person  in  the  service  of  the
 state, the county, the town, the fire district, the city or village, the
 public  benefit  corporation  or  public authority of this state, or any
 public benefit corporation or public authority of any county or subdivi-
 sion of this state, as the case may be, (i) who served on active duty in
 the armed forces of the United States during world war I  or  world  war
 II,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of
 Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant  seaman  documented
 by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a
 civil servant employed by  the  United  States  Army  Transport  Service
 (later  redesignated  as  the  United  States Army Transportation Corps,
 Water Division) or the Naval  Transportation  Service;  and  who  served
 satisfactorily  as  a  crew  member during the period of armed conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels  in  oceangoing,  i.e.,
 foreign,  intercoastal,  or  coastwise service as such terms are defined
 under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to  include  "near
 foreign"  voyages  between  the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release  or
 Discharge  from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an Honorable
 Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of  Defense,
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army  Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  May  eighth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (a) was discharged or released therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (b)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined  in  section  three  hundred fifty of the executive law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or  (c)  is  a  discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad conduct or dishonorable from such service or who served
 as a United States civilian Flight  Crew  and  Aviation  Ground  Support
 Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its
 affiliates  and  served  overseas as a result of Pan American's contract
 with Air Transport Command or Naval Air  Transport  Service  during  the
 period  of  armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-
 one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who  (d)
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 was  discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (e)
 has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of
 the executive law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct
 or  dishonorable from such service, or (f) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and  has
 received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
 service or during the period of the Korean conflict at any time  between
 the  dates  of  June  twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and January
 thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during the period  of  the
 Vietnam  conflict  from  the  [twenty-eighth  day  of February, nineteen
 hundred sixty-one] FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE to
 the seventh day of May,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-five,  or  (ii)  who
 served  on  active duty in the armed forces of the United States and who
 was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary  medal,  navy  expedi-
 tionary  medal  or marine corps expeditionary medal for participation in
 operations in Lebanon from June 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 January thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
 ninety,  or  (iii)  who  served in the armed forces of a foreign country
 allied with the United States during world war I or  world  war  II,  or
 during  the period of the Korean conflict at any time between June twen-
 ty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and  January  thirty-first,  nineteen
 hundred  fifty-five,  or  during the period of the Vietnam conflict from
 the first day of November, nineteen hundred fifty-five  to  the  seventh
 day  of  May, nineteen hundred seventy-five, or during the period of the
 Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of  August,  nineteen  hundred
 ninety  to the end of such conflict, or who served on active duty in the
 army or navy or marine corps or air force OR SPACE FORCE or coast  guard
 of  the United States, and who (a) was honorably discharged or separated
 from such service under honorable conditions, or (b)  has  a  qualifying
 condition,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty  of the executive law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from  such  service
 except  where such action would endanger the public safety or the safety
 or health of persons cared for by the state, in which event such persons
 shall be entitled to leave of absence with pay on another  day  in  lieu
 thereof.  All  such  persons  who are compensated on a per diem, hourly,
 semi-monthly or monthly basis, with or without maintenance,  shall  also
 be  entitled  to  leave of absence with pay under the provisions of this
 section and no deduction in vacation allowance  or  budgetary  allowable
 number  of working days shall be made in lieu thereof. A refusal to give
 such leave of absence to one entitled thereto shall be neglect of duty.
   § 15. Section 63 of the public officers law, as amended by section  80
 of  part  PP  of  chapter  56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans' day.
 It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every
 court of the state of New York, of every superintendent  or  foreman  on
 the  public  works  of said state, of the county officers of the several
 counties of said state, of the town officers of  the  various  towns  in
 this  state, of the fire district officers of the various fire districts
 in this state, and of the head of every department, bureau and office in
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 the government of the various cities and villages in this state, and the
 officers of any public benefit corporation or any  public  authority  of
 this  state, or of any public benefit corporation or public authority of
 any  county  or subdivision of this state, to give leave of absence with
 pay for twenty-four hours on the day prescribed by law as a public holi-
 day for the observance of Memorial day and on the eleventh day of Novem-
 ber, known as Veterans' day, to every  person  in  the  service  of  the
 state, the county, the town, the fire district, the city or village, the
 public  benefit  corporation  or  public authority of this state, or any
 public benefit corporation or public authority of any county or subdivi-
 sion of this state, as the case may be, (i) who served on active duty in
 the armed forces of the United States during world war I  or  world  war
 II,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of
 Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant  seaman  documented
 by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a
 civil servant employed by  the  United  States  Army  Transport  Service
 (later  redesignated  as  the  United  States Army Transportation Corps,
 Water Division) or the Naval  Transportation  Service;  and  who  served
 satisfactorily  as  a  crew  member during the period of armed conflict,
 December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nine-
 teen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels  in  oceangoing,  i.e.,
 foreign,  intercoastal,  or  coastwise service as such terms are defined
 under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to  include  "near
 foreign"  voyages  between  the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the
 West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in oceangoing service or
 foreign waters  and  who  has  received  a  Certificate  of  Release  or
 Discharge  from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an Honorable
 Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of  Defense,
 or who served as a United States civilian employed by the American Field
 Service and served overseas under United States Armies and United States
 Army  Groups in world war II during the period of armed conflict, Decem-
 ber seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through  May  eighth,  nineteen
 hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (a) was discharged or released therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (b)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as  defined  in  section  one  of  the
 veterans'  services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service or  who  served  as  a  United
 States  civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan
 American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates  and
 served  overseas  as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Trans-
 port Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period  of  armed
 conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through August
 fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred forty-five, and who (d) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (e) has  a  qualifying
 condition,  as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such service, or (f) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service or during the  period
 of the Korean conflict at any time between the dates of June twenty-sev-
 enth,  nineteen hundred fifty and January thirty-first, nineteen hundred
 fifty-five, or during the period of the Vietnam conflict from the  first
 day  of November, nineteen hundred fifty-five to the seventh day of May,
 nineteen hundred seventy-five, or (ii) who served on active duty in  the
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 armed  forces  of the United States and who was a recipient of the armed
 forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary  medal  or  marine  corps
 expeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon from June
 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 (iii) who  served  in  the
 armed  forces  of a foreign country allied with the United States during
 world war I or world war II, or during the period of the Korean conflict
 at any time between June  twenty-seventh,  nineteen  hundred  fifty  and
 January  thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, or during the period
 of the Vietnam conflict from the first day of November, nineteen hundred
 fifty-five to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five,  or
 during  the  period  of the Persian Gulf conflict from the second day of
 August, nineteen hundred ninety to the end  of  such  conflict,  or  who
 served  on  active duty in the army or navy or marine corps or air force
 OR SPACE FORCE or coast guard of the United  States,  and  who  (a)  was
 honorably  discharged  or  separated  from  such service under honorable
 conditions, or (b) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one
 of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct  or  dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged
 LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'  services  law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such  service  except where such action would endanger the public safety
 or the safety or health of persons cared for  by  the  state,  in  which
 event  such  persons  shall  be entitled to leave of absence with pay on
 another day in lieu thereof. All such persons who are compensated  on  a
 per diem, hourly, semi-monthly or monthly basis, with or without mainte-
 nance,  shall  also  be  entitled to leave of absence with pay under the
 provisions of this section and no deduction  in  vacation  allowance  or
 budgetary  allowable number of working days shall be made in lieu there-
 of. A refusal to give such leave of  absence  to  one  entitled  thereto
 shall be neglect of duty.
   § 16. Subdivision 6 of section 210 of the economic development law, as
 amended  by  chapter  490  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in the United States army,
 navy, air force, SPACE FORCE,  marines,  coast  guard,  and/or  reserves
 thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York
 guard  and/or  New York naval militia and who (a) has received an honor-
 able or general discharge from such service, or  (b)  has  a  qualifying
 condition,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty  of the executive law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   § 17.  Subdivision 6 of section 210 of the economic  development  law,
 as  amended  by section 33 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
   6. "Veteran" shall mean a person who served in the United States army,
 navy, air force, SPACE FORCE,  marines,  coast  guard,  and/or  reserves
 thereof, and/or in the army national guard, air national guard, New York
 guard  and/or  New York naval militia and who (a) has received an honor-
 able or general discharge from such service, or  (b)  has  a  qualifying
 condition,  as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
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 has received a discharge other than bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from
 such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
   §  18.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  5  of section 50 of the civil
 service law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the  approval
 of  the  governing  board or body of the city or county, as the case may
 be, or a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant  to  govern-
 mental  agreement,  may  elect  to waive application fees, or to abolish
 fees for specific classes of  positions  or  types  of  examinations  or
 candidates,  or  to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of reasonable fees
 different from those prescribed in paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,
 specifying  in  such schedule the classes of positions or types of exam-
 inations or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided,  howev-
 er,  that  fees  shall be waived for candidates who certify to the state
 civil service department, a municipal commission or a  regional  commis-
 sion  that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support
 of a household, or are receiving public  assistance.  Provided  further,
 the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
 for  examinations  for  original  appointment for all veterans. Notwith-
 standing any other provision of law, for purposes of this  section,  the
 term "veteran" shall mean a person who has served in the armed forces of
 the  United  States  or  the  reserves  thereof, or in the army national
 guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York  naval  mili-
 tia,  and  who  (1)  has been honorably discharged or released from such
 service under honorable conditions, or (2) has a  qualifying  condition,
 as  defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or  (3)  is  a  discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from such service. The term
 "armed forces" shall mean the army, navy, air force, SPACE FORCE, marine
 corps, and coast guard.
   § 19.   Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of  section  50  of  the  civil
 service  law,  as  amended by section 35 of part PP of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director  of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
 of the governing board or body of the city or county, as  the  case  may
 be,  or  a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
 mental agreement, may elect to waive application  fees,  or  to  abolish
 fees  for  specific  classes  of  positions  or types of examinations or
 candidates, or to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of  reasonable  fees
 different  from  those  prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
 specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types  of  exam-
 inations  or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
 er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify  to  the  state
 civil  service  department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
 sion that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support
 of  a  household,  or are receiving public assistance. Provided further,
 the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
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 for examinations for original appointment  for  all  veterans.  Notwith-
 standing  any  other provision of law, for purposes of this section, the
 term "veteran" shall mean a person who has served in the armed forces of
 the  United  States  or  the  reserves  thereof, or in the army national
 guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York  naval  mili-
 tia,  and  who  (1)  has been honorably discharged or released from such
 service under honorable conditions, or (2) has a  qualifying  condition,
 as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'  services law, and has
 received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
 service,  or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one
 of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge  other  than
 bad  conduct  or dishonorable from such service. The term "armed forces"
 shall mean the army, navy, air force, SPACE  FORCE,  marine  corps,  and
 coast guard.
   §  20.  Paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
 property tax law, as amended by chapter 490 of  the  laws  of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  "Veteran"  means  a person (i) who served in the active military,
 naval, SPACE, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recip-
 ient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary  medal,
 marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expedition-
 ary medal, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honor-
 able  conditions,  or  (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition, as defined in
 section three hundred fifty of the executive law,  and  has  received  a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in  section  three  hundred
 fifty  of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, (ii) who was employed by  the
 War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their
 agents  as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard
 or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the  United
 States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States
 Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 defense, (iii) who served as a United States civilian  employed  by  the
 American  Field  Service  and served overseas under United States Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict, December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  May
 eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who  (1) was discharged or
 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2) has  a  qualifying
 condition,  as  defined  in section three hundred fifty of the executive
 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable
 from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran,  as  defined  in
 section  three  hundred  fifty  of the executive law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv)
 who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and  Aviation  Ground
 Support  Employee  of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsid-
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 iaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  Ameri-
 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service
 during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,  December fourteenth, nineteen
 hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-
 five, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom  under  honorable
 conditions,  or  (2)  has  a qualifying condition, as defined in section
 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received  a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three  hundred  fifty  of
 the  executive  law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct
 or dishonorable from such service,  or  (v)  notwithstanding  any  other
 provision  of law to the contrary, who are members of the reserve compo-
 nents of the armed forces of the  United  States  who  (1)  received  an
 honorable  discharge or release therefrom under honorable conditions, or
 (2) has a qualifying condition, as  defined  in  section  three  hundred
 fifty  of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a  discharged  LGBT
 veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law,
 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such  service,  but  are  still members of the reserve components of the
 armed forces of the United States provided that such  members  meet  all
 other qualifications under the provisions of this section.
   §  21.    Paragraph  (e) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
 property tax law, as amended by section 83 of part PP of chapter  56  of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (e)  "Veteran"  means  a person (i) who served in the active military,
 naval, SPACE, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recip-
 ient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary  medal,
 marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expedition-
 ary medal, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honor-
 able  conditions,  or  (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition, as defined in
 section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a  discharge
 other  than  bad  conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a
 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in  section  one  of  the  veterans'
 services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, (ii) who was employed by the  War  Ship-
 ping  Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents
 as a merchant seaman documented by the  United  States  Coast  Guard  or
 Department  of  Commerce,  or  as a civil servant employed by the United
 States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the  United  States
 Army  Transportation  Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation
 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,  to
 August  fifteenth,  nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels
 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and  further
 to  include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,
 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
 going service or foreign waters and who has received  a  Certificate  of
 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
 defense,  (iii)  who  served as a United States civilian employed by the
 American Field Service and served overseas under  United  States  Armies
 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed
 conflict,  December  seventh,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through May
 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five,  and  who  (1)  was  discharged  or
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 released  therefrom  under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying
 condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,  and
 has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
 one  of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other
 than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv) who served as a
 United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support  Employee
 of  Pan  American World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affil-
 iates and served overseas as a result of Pan  American's  contract  with
 Air  Transport  Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period
 of armed  conflict,  December  fourteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-one
 through  August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (1) was
 discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2)  has
 a  qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section one of the veterans'
 services law, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable  from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such  service,  or
 (v)  notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, who are
 members of the reserve components of the  armed  forces  of  the  United
 States  who  (1)  received  an  honorable discharge or release therefrom
 under honorable conditions,  or  (2)  has  a  qualifying  condition,  as
 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 discharge  other  than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as  defined  in  section  one  of  the
 veterans'  services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad
 conduct or dishonorable from such service, but are still members of  the
 reserve  components  of  the  armed forces of the United States provided
 that such members meet all other qualifications under the provisions  of
 this section.
   §  22. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
 the amendments made to subdivisions 5 and 7  of  section  369-h  of  the
 executive  law  made  by  section  six  of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith;  provided
 further, that the amendments to articles 17, 17-A, and 17-B of the exec-
 utive  law made by sections three, five, and seven of this act shall not
 affect the repeal of such articles and shall be deemed  repealed  there-
 with; and provided further, that sections two, four, fifteen, seventeen,
 nineteen  and  twenty-one of this act shall take effect on the same date
 and in the same manner as part PP of chapter 56 of  the  laws  of  2022,
 takes effect.