New York Executive Law Article 17 - VETERANS' AFFAIRS

• 350 - Definitions.
  When used in this article: 1. The term "division" means the division of veterans' affairs. 2. The term "state director" means the New York state...
• 351 - Division of Veterans' Affairs.
  There is hereby created in the executive department a division of veterans' affairs. The head of such division shall be the New York state director...
• 352 - Veterans' Affairs Commission.
  1. There shall be in the division a veterans' affairs commission, which shall consist of the members and the ex officio members provided for in...
• 353 - General Functions, Powers and Duties of Division.
  The division, by and through the state director or his duty authorized officer or employee shall have the following functions, powers and duties: 1. To...
• 353-a - Veteran Speaker Education Program.
  1. There is hereby established within the division a veteran speaker education program to be developed and implemented by the director in consultation with the...
• 354 - Cooperation and Facilities of Other Departments.
  To effectuate the purposes of this article, the governor may direct any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state, or of any...
• 354-a - Information on Status of Veterans Receiving Assistance.
  Departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions and agencies of the state and political subdivisions thereof, which provide assistance, treatment, counseling, care, supervision or custody in service...
• 354-b - New York State Supplemental Burial Allowance for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States Killed in Combat or Duty Subject to Hostile Fire or Imminent Danger, As Defined in 37 Usc 310.
  354-b. New York state supplemental burial allowance for members of the armed forces of the United States killed in combat or duty subject to hostile...
• 354-c - New York State Veteran Burial Fund.
  1. As used in this section, "agent in control of the disposition of remains" means the person responsible or designated to control the disposition of...
• 354-d - Time Within Which Marriage May Be Solemnized; Member of the Armed Forces.
  Notwithstanding section thirteen-b of the domestic relations law, where either of the parties making application for a marriage license, pursuant to section thirteen of the...
• 355 - Acceptance of Gifts.
  The division with the approval of the governor, may accept any gift or grant for any of the purposes of this article. Any moneys so...
• 356 - State Veterans' Service Agency.
  1. A state veterans' service agency established by the division pursuant to this article shall have power and it shall be its duty to inform...
• 357 - Local Veterans' Service Agencies.
  1. County veterans' service agencies. There shall be established a county veterans' service agency in each county not wholly included within a city, and there...
• 358 - Powers and Duties of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.
  1. A local veterans' service agency shall have power under the direction of the state veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty to...
• 359 - Location and Cost of Local Veterans' Service Agencies; Deputy Local Directors.
  1. A local director shall designate the location of the local and branch offices of the local veterans' service agency within his jurisdiction, which offices...
• 360 - Local Veterans' Service Committees.
  The same authority which appoints a local director shall appoint for each county and city veterans' service agency a veterans' service committee to assist the...
• 361 - Appropriations for Expenses and Activities of Local Veterans' Service Agencies.
  Each county and each city of the state in which is established a county veterans' service agency or a city veterans' service agency, as the...
• 361-b - Women Veterans Coordinator.
  1. Definitions. (a) "Veteran" shall have the same meaning as provided in subdivision one of section three hundred sixty-four of this article. (b) "Division" shall...
• 362 - Creation of Annuity.
  1. Payment to veterans. a. Any veteran as defined in this article who has been or is hereafter classified by the New York State commission...
• 363 - Evidence of Entitlement.
  1. The evidence of such service, blindness, residence and domicile, or of such marriage, widowhood, residence and domicile in each case shall be furnished in...
• 364 - Persons Who May Receive Annuity.
  1. a. The word "veteran," as used in this article shall be taken to mean and include any person who is a resident of the...
• 365 - New York State Veterans Cemeteries.
  1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and determines that the devoted service and sacrifice of veterans deserve important, unique and eternal recognition by the state...
• 366 - Veterans Health Screening.
  1. As used in this section: a. "Eligible member" means a member of the New York army national guard or the New York air national...
• 367 - Payment to Parents of Veterans.
  1. Annuity established. (a) A parent, identified in 10 USC 1126 as a gold star parent, of a veteran who heretofore has died or parent...
• 368 - Cremated Remains of a Veteran.
  The cremated remains of a veteran may be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of section forty-two hundred three of the public health law.

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