NY Soc Serv L § 173 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 5 - Assistance and Care Title 4 - Veteran Assistance 173 - Election to Administer Veteran Assistance by County Public Welfare District; Organization.

§  173.  Election  to  administer  veteran assistance by county public   welfare district; organization.  1.  When  a  majority  of  the  veteran   organizations  in  a  county,  by  and  through  their respective county   divisions, file with the clerk of the board of the  supervisors  of  the   county,  a  petition addressed to the board of supervisors of the county   requesting that veteran assistance be administered by such  county,  the   board  of  supervisors  may,  by  resolution  passed by a majority vote,   establish a division or bureau, or direct that a division or  bureau  be   established,  within  the county department of public welfare, and under   the direction of the county commissioner  of  public  welfare,  for  the   purpose of administering veteran assistance.2. In the event that the county board of supervisors shall pass such a   resolution,  it  shall also authorize and direct the county commissioner   of public welfare to appoint a veteran, as  herein  defined,  as  deputy   commissioner  or  director of the veteran assistance division or bureau,   as the case may be.3. The county commissioner shall transfer to  the  veteran  assistance   division or bureau so much of the staff of the county welfare department   as  may  be  necessary  or  practicable  to  administer  and execute the   functions, powers and  duties  assigned  to  such  division  or  bureau.   Officers  and employees shall be transferred without further examination   or qualification and they shall retain their  respective  civil  service   classification  and  status.  The  civil  service qualifications for all   positions in the veteran assistance division or bureau shall be the same   as required for the same or similar positions in the other divisions  or   bureaus   of   the   county  department  of  welfare,  except  that  the   qualifications for the position of the deputy commissioner or  director,   as the case may be, shall also require that he be a veteran.4.  The  salaries  or  compensation  paid  to employees of the veteran   assistance division or bureau shall be subject to reimbursement  by  the   state  under  the  same  terms and conditions as are applicable to other   employees  of  the  county  department  of  public  welfare  under   the   provisions of this chapter.5.  Upon  recommendation of the county commissioner of public welfare,   the county board of supervisors may authorize, by resolution passed by a   majority vote, the veteran assistance division or bureau to  administer,   in  addition  to  veteran  assistance, such other forms or categories of   public assistance and care as may be practicable or necessary,  provided   that  sufficient  qualified  staff  shall  be  available for transfer or   assignment to the veteran assistance division or bureau to  execute  and   perform the additional functions and duties so assigned to such division   or bureau.6.  The  board  of  supervisors may also authorize the commissioner of   public welfare  to  establish  and  operate  a  branch  of  the  veteran   assistance  division or bureau in each or any major population center in   the county.