Amends the dates of certain armed conflicts to reflect the dates for such conflicts established by the federal government and provides that future dates shall be consistent with the federal dates thereof

Title of bill

An act to amend the education law, the civil service law, the social services law and the public officers law, in relation to the dates of certain periods of war and hostilities

Purpose or general idea of bill

The purpose of this bill is to amend the dates of certain armed conflict to reflect the dates for such conflicts established by the federal government.

Summary of specific provisions

Section 1: Amends Education Law section 668 to participation in operations in Lebanon from June 1983 addition, changes the time period in subdivision (d) February 28th. Subdivision (e) is re-worded from two to change the date of to August 21, 1992. In from December 21st to second.

Section 2: Amends subdivision 1 of section 668-c of the education law, to change the date of which this section considers a "Vietnam veteran" from the twenty-second of December to the twenty-eighth of February.

Section 3: Amends subparagraph 5 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service law, to change the date of hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United States in Lebanon, from the first day of June, nineteen hundred eighty-three, to the twenty-first day of August, nineteen hundred eighty-two.

Section 4: Amends subdivision 1 of section 168 of the social services law, to change the date for participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to August twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-two.

Section 6: Amends Section 63 of the public officers law, to change the date for participation in operations in Lebanon from June first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to August twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty two.

Justification

Discrepancies in official dates of conflict for various military operation is a source of administrative confusion on both the state and federal level. Irregularities in official dates of conflict make it particularly difficult for veterans or relatives of veterans applying for state and/or federal benefits and/or military service credits. Complications can arise if under the State an individual is considered a veteran of a particular conflict while on the federal level the individual in question is or vice versa. This bill aims to eliminate this discrepancy and any subsequent complications that may arise.

Legislative history

S.1690 of 2015 S.4923 of 2014

Fiscal implications

To be determined.

Effective date

Immediately.