Bill Text: NY A05406 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides members of the merchant marine, who due to active duty were deprived the opportunity to compete in a civil service examination, the opportunity to compete in such civil service examination by way of a make-up examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05406 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05406-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5406
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to  providing  members  of
         the  merchant  marine opportunity to compete in civil service examina-
         tions
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  243-b of the military law, as amended by chapter
    2  425 of the laws of 2005, subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter  192
    3  of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S 243-b. Civil  service  examinations  by military AND MERCHANT MARINE
    5  personnel. 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  chapter  or
    6  any  other law, any member of the armed forces OR MERCHANT MARINE of the
    7  United States of America who having duly filed an application to compete
    8  in a scheduled competitive examination for civil service  employment  by
    9  the  state  of New York or any of its subdivisions and who due to active
   10  military duty OR MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE is deprived of the  opportunity
   11  to  compete in such examination shall be provided with an opportunity to
   12  compete, under terms and conditions  deemed  appropriate  by  the  state
   13  department of civil service or municipal commission, by way of a special
   14  military OR MERCHANT MARINE make-up examination.
   15    2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this chapter or any other
   16  law, any member of the force of the organized militia, as  the  term  is
   17  defined  in  subdivision  nine of section one of this chapter or reserve
   18  armed forces, as that term is  defined  in  subdivision  twenty-nine  of
   19  section  two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, MERCHANT MARINE or
   20  any member of the armed forces of  the  United  States  who  missed  the
   21  application  deadline  for a scheduled competitive examination for civil
   22  service employment by the state of New York or any of  its  subdivisions
   23  due  to military service, as defined in subdivision one of section three
   24  hundred one of this chapter or due to a call to active duty  other  than
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 5406                             2
    1  for  training,  pursuant  to  10 USC 101 (d) (1), and is deprived of the
    2  opportunity to compete in such examination due to military  service,  as
    3  defined  in subdivision one of section three hundred one of this chapter
    4  or  due to a call to active duty other than for training, pursuant to 10
    5  USC 101 (d) (1), shall be provided with an opportunity to compete, under
    6  terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the state department of civil
    7  service or municipal commission, by way of a  special  military  make-up
    8  examination.
    9    3.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this chapter or any other
   10  law, any member of the force of the organized militia, as  the  term  is
   11  defined  in  subdivision  nine of section one of this chapter or reserve
   12  armed forces, as that term is  defined  in  subdivision  twenty-nine  of
   13  section  two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, MERCHANT MARINE or
   14  any member of the armed forces of  the  United  States  who  missed  the
   15  application  deadline  for a scheduled competitive examination for civil
   16  service employment by the state of New York or any of  its  subdivisions
   17  due  to military service, as defined in subdivision one of section three
   18  hundred one of this chapter or due to a call to active duty  other  than
   19  for  training, pursuant to 10 USC 101 (d) (1), and who returns from such
   20  duty prior to the administration of such competitive  examination  shall
   21  be  granted  a  waiver  of  the  application  requirement and allowed to
   22  compete in such upcoming examination.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.