STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9409--B IN ASSEMBLY March 2, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, DenDEKKER, BENEDETTO, CERETTO, BUCHWALD, SANTABARBARA, STECK, BLAKE, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, OTIS, WEPRIN, HOOPER, GUNTHER, HUNTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, DAVILA, MAGEE, ROBINSON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the hire a vet grant program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 17-A of the executive law is amended by adding a 2 new section 369-f to read as follows: 3 § 369-f. Hire a vet grant. 1. Allowance of grant. A municipality shall 4 be allowed a grant equivalent to the credit provided to eligible taxpay- 5 ers in the "hire a vet credit" as established in subdivision twenty-nine 6 of section 210-B of the tax law, where such municipality hires and 7 employs, for not less than one year and for not less than thirty-five 8 hours each week, a qualified veteran within the state. The municipality 9 may claim the grant in the year in which the qualified veteran completes 10 one year of employment with the municipality. 11 2. Qualified veteran. A qualified veteran is an individual: 12 (a) who served on active duty in the United States army, navy, air 13 force, marine corps, coast guard or the reserves thereof, or who served 14 in active military service of the United States as a member of the army 15 national guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval 16 militia; who was released from active duty by general or honorable 17 discharge after September eleventh, two thousand one; 18 (b) who commences employment with the municipality on or after January 19 first, two thousand sixteen; and 20 (c) who certifies by signed affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that 21 he or she has not been employed for thirty-five or more hours during any EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13355-04-6A. 9409--B 2 1 week in the one hundred eighty day period immediately prior to his or 2 her employment by the municipality. 3 3. Prohibition. A municipality shall not discharge an employee and 4 hire a qualifying veteran solely for the purpose of qualifying for this 5 grant. 6 4. Amount of grant. The amount of the grant shall be ten percent of 7 the total amount of wages paid to the qualified veteran during the 8 veteran's first full year of employment. Provided, however, that, if the 9 qualified veteran is a disabled veteran, as defined in paragraph (b) of 10 subdivision one of section eighty-five of the civil service law, the 11 amount of the grant shall be fifteen percent of the total amount of 12 wages paid to the qualified veteran during the veteran's first full year 13 of employment. The grant allowed pursuant to this subdivision shall not 14 exceed in any year, five thousand dollars for any qualified veteran and 15 fifteen thousand dollars for any qualified veteran who is a disabled 16 veteran. 17 5. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "municipality" means any 18 county, city, town, village or school district. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 20 deemed repealed January 1, 2021.