STATE OF NEW YORK
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6325
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 5, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to providing for the
"Campaign Medal for Service" to be granted to those who provided mili-
tary service in Iraq
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1-d of section 247 of the military law, as
2 added by chapter 583 of the laws of 2022, is renumbered subdivision 1-e
3 and a new subdivision 1-f is added to read as follows:
4 1-f. The governor is hereby authorized to present in the name of the
5 legislature of the state of New York, a military decoration, to be known
6 as the "Campaign Medal for Service", bearing a suitable inscription,
7 device, and ribbon, all of which shall be of suitable design, to any
8 person (i) who is a citizen of the state of New York or (ii) who was a
9 citizen of the state of New York while serving in the armed forces of
10 the United States, and who, while serving in the United States Armed
11 Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps, or coast guard,
12 served in active duty in Iraq. Not more than one campaign medal for
13 service shall be issued to any one person; nor shall any citation be
14 awarded or presented, under the provisions of this subdivision, to any
15 person whose entire service subsequent to the time of the receipt of
16 such medal shall not have been honorable. For each succeeding medal as
17 provided in this section, such person shall be entitled to wear, as the
18 chief of staff of the state may direct, a ribbon whose color and design
19 shall be selected by the division of military affairs. In the event of
20 the death of any person during or subsequent to the receipt of such
21 citation the campaign medal for service shall be presented to such
22 representative of the deceased as may be designated. The chief of staff
23 shall make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the
24 proper presentation and distribution of such decorations.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00178-01-3
