Bill Text: NY S00595 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S00595 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00595-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 595--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty 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 commit- tee AN ACT to amend the business corporation law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to exempting veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The business corporation law is amended by adding a new 2 section 104-B to read as follows: 3 § 104-B. Veteran exemption from fees. 4 (a) As used in this section, "veteran" means a person who (1) served 5 in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard 6 or (2) has served on active duty or ordered to active duty as a member 7 of the national guard or other reserve components of the United States 8 Armed Forces or (3) is a member of the state militia and is called or 9 ordered to active duty for the state, as defined in subdivision one of 10 section six of the military law and was honorably discharged or released 11 under honorable circumstances from such service, and such person is a 12 resident of the state of New York at the time undertaking an action 13 subject to a fee pursuant to section one hundred four-A of this article. 14 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no veteran shall be 15 required to pay the fees otherwise required by section one hundred 16 four-A of this article within five years of being honorably discharged 17 or released under honorable circumstances from military service. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04863-03-9S. 595--A 2 1 (c) Status as an eligible veteran pursuant to this section shall be 2 documented pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commis- 3 sioner of the department of state. 4 § 2. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a new 5 section 104-B to read as follows: 6 § 104-B. Veteran exemption from fees. 7 (a) As used in this section, "veteran" means a person who (1) served 8 in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard 9 or (2) has served on active duty or ordered to active duty as a member 10 of the national guard or other reserve components of the United States 11 Armed Forces or (3) is a member of the state militia and is called or 12 ordered to active duty for the state, as defined in subdivision one of 13 section six of the military law and was honorably discharged or released 14 under honorable circumstances from such service, and such person is a 15 resident of the state of New York at the time undertaking an action 16 subject to a fee pursuant to section one hundred four-A of this article. 17 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no veteran shall be 18 required to pay the fees otherwise required by section one hundred 19 four-A of this article within five years of being honorably discharged 20 or released under honorable circumstances from military service. 21 (c) Status as an eligible veteran pursuant to this section shall be 22 documented pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the commis- 23 sioner of the department of state. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 25 it shall have become a law.
