Establishes a giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program (G.I.V.E Back NY); awards ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged veterans with service connected disabilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3477
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, CURRAN, CROUCH, SKOUFIS, MONTESANO,
MILLER, HAWLEY, GIGLIO, DUPREY, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, RA, WALTER, RAIA,
CORWIN, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, CERETTO, BORELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. BARCLAY, GRAF, McKEVITT, OAKS -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to establishing a
giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed program
(G.I.V.E. Back NY)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new article 6-B
2 to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 6-B
4 GIVING INTERNSHIPS FOR DISABLED VETERANS
5 NOT FULLY EMPLOYED PROGRAM
6 (G.I.V.E. BACK NY)
7 Section 97. Giving internships for disabled veterans not fully
8 employed program (G.I.V.E. Back NY).
9 § 97. Giving internships for disabled veterans not fully employed
10 program (G.I.V.E. Back NY). 1. There is hereby established within the
11 legislature a G.I.V.E. Back NY program to provide opportunities for
12 service-disabled veterans to participate in the assembly youth partic-
13 ipation program and the senate student program. Such program shall award
14 ten percent of available internships in the assembly youth participation
15 program and the senate student program to eligible honorably discharged
16 veterans with service-connected disabilities. Veterans who are awarded
17 internships pursuant to the G.I.V.E. Back NY program shall receive a
18 stipend that is equivalent to the stipend awarded to graduate student
19 participants in the assembly youth participation program and senate
20 student program for a one semester internship.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 3477 2
1 2. To be eligible to participate in the G.I.V.E. Back NY program, a
2 candidate shall:
3 (a) be honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States
4 with service-connected disabilities as determined by the United States
5 department of veterans affairs or the United States department of
6 defense;
7 (b) be unemployed or underemployed;
8 (c) have demonstrated an interest in future employment in public
9 service, government or public policy; and
10 (d) submit an application for participation in the G.I.V.E. Back NY
11 program to the senate or assembly. Such application shall be made in a
12 manner and form as determined by the senate and the assembly.
13 3. In an effort to foster and encourage participation in the G.I.V.E.
14 Back NY program, the assembly intern office and the senate intern office
15 shall coordinate with each other and with county veterans' services
16 agencies to identify and recruit eligible candidates.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
