§ 369-b. Definitions. As used in this article:

1. "State agency" shall mean any department, board, bureau, division, commission, council or committee within the executive branch, the state university of New York, the city University of New York, and all public authorities under the control of the executive branch.

2. "Temporary appointment" shall have the same meaning as provided in section sixty-four of the civil service law.

3. "Veteran" shall mean an individual who served on active duty in the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, coast guard or the reserves component, or who served in active military service of the United States as a member of the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia, who was released from such service otherwise then by dishonorable discharge after September eleventh, two thousand one.

4. "Veteran temporary hiring list" shall mean a hiring list maintained by the department of civil service.