STATE OF NEW YORK
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5394--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 3, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, ASHBY, HELMING, MARTINEZ, WEIK -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the issuance of a New
York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal
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 1-e and a new
3 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 medal, to be known as the "New
6 York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal", bearing a suitable
7 inscription, to any person: (i) who is a resident of the state of New
8 York or who was a resident of the state of New York while serving in the
9 armed forces of the United States; (ii) who served in the United States
10 Armed Forces, defined as army, air force, navy, marine corps or coast
11 guard, on active duty in Iraq at any time during the period of March
12 twentieth, two thousand three through December thirty-first, two thou-
13 sand twenty-one; and (iii) who was discharged under honorable conditions
14 or who has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the
15 veterans' services law, and received a discharge other than bad conduct
16 or dishonorable discharge, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined
17 in section one of the veterans' services law and received a discharge
18 other than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge. No person shall
19 receive more than one New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal. In
20 the event of the death of any eligible person prior to the receipt of
21 such commemorative medal, such commemorative medal shall be presented to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the designated representative of the deceased. The adjutant general, in
2 consultation with the commissioner of the department of veterans'
3 services, shall make such rules and regulations as may be deemed neces-
4 sary for the proper presentation and distribution of such medals.
5 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 247 of the military law, as separately
6 amended by chapters 582 and 583 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
7 as follows:
8 4. This section shall not be construed to require that a recipient of
9 the conspicuous service cross, the conspicuous service star, the Cold
10 War Certificate, the New York State Silver Rose Veterans Service Certif-
11 icate, the New York State Iraq War Commemorative Medal or the New York
12 State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal or the New York State Korean War
13 Commemorative Medal has been a resident of the state of New York at the
14 time of his or her entry into the United States army, air force, navy,
15 or marine corps.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
17 the date on which it shall have become a law. The division of military
18 and naval affairs is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and
19 regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement the
20 provisions of this act on its effective date on or before such date.
