Establishes a New York state veterans' and service member law book of a compilation of all state statutes governing the rights, privileges, benefits and services afforded to veterans, service members and their families.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7765
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
land Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the veterans' services law, in relation to establishing
a New York state veterans' and service member law book
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4 of the veterans' services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows:
3 40. To annually publish and keep current a compilation of all state
4 statutes governing the rights, privileges, benefits and services
5 afforded to veterans, service members and their families. Such compila-
6 tion shall be annotated with commentary and citations to case law,
7 general counsel opinions and agency regulations relevant to the inter-
8 pretation of each statute to assist veterans and their advocates in
9 understanding the law. The department shall make reference to this
10 compilation at the seminars provided pursuant to subdivisions five and
11 six of this section. The compilation shall be available in both print
12 and electronic editions. The electronic edition shall be conspicuously
13 posted on the department's website and a print copy of the compilation
14 shall be provided to veterans, service members, their family members and
15 advocates upon request.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11779-01-5
