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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8932--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCARBOROUGH,  BRINDISI,  GUNTHER, P. RIVERA,
          JAFFEE, ROBINSON, REILLY, SCHIMMINGER, GIBSON, ZEBROWSKI, COOK,  CRES-
          PO,  WEPRIN,  COLTON,  CASTRO,  TITONE,  WRIGHT,  ORTIZ, CAHILL, MENG,
          AUBRY, ENGLEBRIGHT, SCHIMEL, MOYA, BRONSON, RAMOS  --  Multi-Sponsored

          by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, BURLING, CALHOUN, CASTEL-
          LI,  CERETTO,  CORWIN,  CURRAN,  DUPREY,  FINCH,  GIGLIO, GRAF, JOHNS,
          LUPARDO, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, McENENY, McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN,  MONTESANO,
          MURRAY,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  RAIA, SALADINO, SWEENEY -- read once
          and referred to  the  Committee  on  Veterans'  Affairs  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
          of veterans' affairs to maintain an employment portal on its website
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 353 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 7-b to read as follows:

     3    7-b. To provide information regarding resources that are available  to
     4  assist  veterans  in  obtaining  employment  by  maintaining a veterans'
     5  employment portal on the division's internet website. Such portal  shall
     6  provide virtual links to appropriate governmental programs on the feder-
     7  al  and  state  level,  including,  but not limited to the United States
     8  department of labor and the New York state department  of  labor.    The
     9  division  may  consult  with members of the community devoted to helping
    10  veterans obtain employment. The division shall make  reference  to  this
    11  information  pursuant to subdivisions four-a, four-b, and four-c of this
    12  section and the annual report to the governor  and  the  legislature  as

    13  provided  in  subdivision  eleven  of  this  section.  Such  information
    14  required under this subdivision shall be maintained and updated  annual-
    15  ly.  The information may also be made available in printed form.
    16    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    17  have become a law, provided that any rules and regulations necessary for
    18  the implementation of this act on its effective date shall be promulgat-
    19  ed on or before such date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13811-05-2