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History
- Referred to veterans' affairs
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1562
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 6680a
- Amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
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Provides for an increase in the rates of annuities payable to veterans and surviving spouses of veterans
In Assembly Committee · Veterans' Affairs · Sponsor John T. McDonald III
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6680A
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for an increase in the rates of annuities payable to veterans and surviving spouses of veterans
Purpose
To provide an increase in the base sum of the blind annuity and to clarify that the annual increase is in accord with the latest federal increase for veterans' annuities
Summary of provisions
Amends section 362 of the Executive Law, as amended by chapter 251 of the laws of 2004, to increase the initial sum payable to blind veterans and to increase the annual annuity payment by the same percentage as benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 USC 401 et seq.) effective December first, two thousand fourteen.
Existing law
Section 362 of the Executive Law established the blind annuity to begin at a rate of $1000 with an annual adjustment. As of 2013 blind veterans received one thousand two hundred ninety-nine dollars.
Justification
The blind annuity was first established in 1923 and was last updated in 2004. It provides a yearly payment for legally blind New York State wartime veterans or their surviving un-remarried spouses. As of 2013, the annual annuity for blind veterans was one thousand two hundred ninety-nine dollars. In order to better support our blind veterans and their families, this bill raises the base amount of the annuity to $1500 and clarifies the annual increase to be the cost of living increase established for veteran benefits by the federal government on December 1, 2014. This legislation was asked for by the National Marine Corps League and the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
The fiscal implications would be minimal to New York State.
Effective date
Immediately.
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