New York S 243: Relates to industrial development agencies

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S00243 Summary:

BILL NOS00243A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00291-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRASHBY, JACKSON, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13-a, Gen Con L; amd §10-102, El L; amd §3435-a, Ins L; amd §§1, 214, 243 & 250-a, Mil L; amd §63, Pub
Off L; amd §210, Ec Dev L; amd §50, Civ Serv L; amd §458-a, RPT L; amd §2018-d, Ed L

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Includes the Space Force as being members of the armed forces or veterans eligible for certain credits and benefits that are available to other active and veteran members of the armed forces.

Go to top S00243 Actions:

BILL NOS00243A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.737

04/30/2025AMENDED (T) 243A

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A291A

&nbspA00291 AMEND=A Barrett

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to veterans' affairs

&nbsp04/23/2025amend (t) and recommit to veterans' affairs

&nbsp04/23/2025print number 291a

&nbsp04/28/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/21/2025reported 

&nbsp05/21/2025rules report cal.197

&nbsp05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.197

&nbsp05/21/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/21/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/21/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

&nbsp06/12/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S243A

&nbsp06/12/20253RD READING CAL.737

&nbsp06/12/2025REPASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/01/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/05/2025signed chap.611

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 243--A
 Cal. No. 737

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
 land Security and Military Affairs -- reported favorably from said
 committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report, ordered
 to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of second report

 AN ACT to amend the general construction law, the election law, the
 insurance law, the military law, the public officers law, the economic
 development law, the civil service law, the real property tax law and
 the education 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:

 1 Section 1. Section 13-a of the general construction law, as amended by
 2 section 60 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United
 5 States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force, space force and
 6 coast guard including all components thereof, and the national guard
 7 when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by
 8 law. Pursuant to this definition no person shall be considered a member
 9 or veteran of the armed forces of the United States unless [his or her]
 10 such member or veteran's service therein is or was on a full-time active
 11 duty basis, other than active duty for training or [he or she] such
 12 member or veteran was employed by the War Shipping Administration or
 13 Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman
 14 documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce,
 15 or as a civil servant employed by the United States Army Transport
 16 Service (later redesignated as the United States Army Transportation

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00229-03-5

 S. 243--A 2

 1 Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who
 2 served satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed
 3 conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August