Bill Text: NY A03769 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service; requires that a promotion be based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive examination, due weight being given to seniority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-12 - amended on third reading 3769a [A03769 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3769

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 7, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  the  appointment
          and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  59-e to read as follows:
     3    §  59-e.  Promotions  of  supervisory  personnel  of  the  fire  alarm
     4  dispatcher service. 1. The legislature hereby finds  and  declares  that
     5  the  continued,  uninterrupted, adequate and efficient operation of fire
     6  and emergency medical services is necessary for the general  welfare  of
     7  the  people  and  that  such  adequate  operation  involves and requires
     8  personnel with highly specialized ability,  skill,  training  and  know-
     9  ledge,  which  necessitates  that vacancies in the fire alarm dispatcher
    10  service in the position of supervising fire alarm  dispatcher  level  II
    11  shall  be  filled  as far as practicable by promotion from among persons
    12  holding competitive class positions in a lower grade in  the  department
    13  in  which  the  vacancy exists, provided that such lower grade positions
    14  are in direct line of promotion, as  determined  by  the  department  or
    15  municipal commission.
    16    2.  Promotion  shall  be  based  on merit and fitness as determined by
    17  competitive examination, due weight being given to seniority. The previ-
    18  ous training and experience of the candidates, and  performance  ratings
    19  where  available,  may  be considered and given due weight as factors in
    20  determining the relative merit and fitness of candidates for promotion.
    21    3. Any permanent competitive employee holding a provisional or discre-
    22  tionary appointment in the affected supervisory title of the fire  alarm
    23  dispatcher service described in subdivision one of this section shall be
    24  given  the opportunity to participate in a competitive promotional exam-
    25  ination for the next higher level title.
    26    4. Except as provided above, the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall
    27  apply to employees covered by this section.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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