Add S210-b, Lab L; add S153, Civ Serv L; add S301-c, Mil L
Requires the preparation and distribution of an informational outline to persons, upon entry into military service, describing their rights under the New York state soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act; requires the adjutant general in consultation with the attorney general, the chief judge of the court of appeals, or their designees, the commissioner of labor or the president of the state commission of civil service to prepare such outline.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5633
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, the civil service law and the military
law, in relation to informing certain persons upon entry into military
service of their rights under the New York state soldiers' and
sailors' civil relief act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 210-b to
2 read as follows:
3 § 210-b. Informational outline of rights. 1. The commissioner in
4 consultation with the adjutant general, or his or her designee, shall
5 prepare an informational outline to inform all residents of this state
6 upon entry into military service of their rights under the New York
7 state soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act of 1951, established in
8 article thirteen of the military law.
9 2. Such informational outline shall be distributed to all such resi-
10 dents in military service as such term is defined by subdivision one of
11 section three hundred one of the military law.
12 § 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 153 to
13 read as follows:
14 § 153. Informational outline of rights. 1. The president of the state
15 commission in consultation with the adjutant general, or his or her
16 designee, shall prepare an informational outline to inform all residents
17 of this state upon entry into military service of their rights under the
18 New York state soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act of 1951, estab-
19 lished in article thirteen of the military law.
20 2. Such informational outline shall be distributed to all such resi-
21 dents in military service as such term is defined by subdivision one of
22 section three hundred one of the military law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 3. The military law is amended by adding a new section 301-c to read
2 as follows:
3 § 301-c. Informational outline of rights. 1. The adjutant general in
4 consultation with the attorney general and the chief judge of the court
5 of appeals, or their designees, shall prepare an informational outline
6 to inform all residents of this state upon entry into military service
7 of their rights under this article.
8 2. Such informational outline shall be distributed to all such resi-
9 dents in military service as such term is defined by subdivision one of
10 section three hundred one of this article.
11 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
12 the requirements of subdivision 2 of section 210-b of the labor law as
13 added by section one of this act, subdivision 2 of section 153 of the
14 civil service law as added by section two of this act, and subdivision 2
15 of section 301-c of the military law as added by section three of this
16 act shall take effect January 1, 2012.
