Bill Text: NY A03610 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to granting a waiver of the civil service examination fee to displaced homemakers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - referred to labor [A03610 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A03610-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3610 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EDDINGTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to granting a waiver of the civil service examination fee to displaced homemakers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 827-a to 2 read as follows: 3 S 827-A. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FEE; WAIVER FOR DISPLACED HOMEMAK- 4 ERS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE 5 DEPARTMENT, SHALL ESTABLISH A PROGRAM WAIVING THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINA- 6 TION FEE FOR (A) PERSONS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE DISPLACED 7 HOMEMAKERS PROGRAM, OR (B) FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 8 ANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM OR OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY 9 THE MULTIPURPOSE SERVICE CENTER AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT 10 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE. 11 2. THE WAIVER, GRANTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, 12 SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE 13 CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT. EACH SUCH PERSON SHALL BE GRANTED A WAIVER FOR 14 A MAXIMUM OF TWO APPLICATIONS FILED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS 15 OF TITLE A OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, TO COMPETE IN AN 16 EXAMINATION FOR A POSITION IN A COMPETITIVE OR NON-COMPETITIVE CLASS OF 17 CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OF ITS SUBDIVI- 18 SIONS, OR IN A LABOR CLASS WHEN EXAMINATION FOR APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED; 19 PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT SUCH APPLICATIONS ARE DULY FILED WITHIN A ONE 20 YEAR PERIOD FROM THE DATE OF COMPLETION OF THE DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS 21 PROGRAM OR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 22 3. ANY PERSON WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE DISPLACED HOMEMAKERS 23 PROGRAM OR WHO HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE JOB 24 TRAINING PROGRAM OR OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY THE MULTIPURPOSE SERVICE 25 CENTER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE WAIVER, GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04610-01-9 A. 3610 2 1 SECTION, AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO COMPETE, UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDI- 2 TIONS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE OR 3 MUNICIPAL COMMISSION, IN SUCH EXAMINATION FOR WHICH THE APPLICATION WAS 4 DULY FILED. 5 4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU- 6 LATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND CARRYING OUT SUCH CIVIL 7 SERVICE EXAMINATION FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. 8 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law.