Bill Text: NY A05471 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases from ten to thirteen, the number of additional points granted to disabled veterans on competitive civil service original appointment exams; increases from five to six the number of additional points granted on promotion exams; increases such points for non-disabled veterans from five to eight on original appointment exams and from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 on promotion exams.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - enacting clause stricken [A05471 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05471-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5471
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 22, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
         relation to additional civil service credit for members of  the  armed
         forces of the United States
    1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 6 of article
    2  5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and
    4  all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall
    5  be made according to merit and fitness to  be  ascertained,  as  far  as
    6  practicable,  by  examination  which,  as  far  as practicable, shall be
    7  competitive; provided, however, that any member of the armed  forces  of
    8  the  United  States  who  served therein in time of war, and who, at the
    9  time of such member's appointment or promotion, is a citizen or an alien
   10  lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the  United  States  and  a
   11  resident  of  this  state  and is honorably discharged or released under
   12  honorable circumstances from such service, shall be entitled to  receive
   13  [five]  EIGHT  points additional credit in a competitive examination for
   14  original appointment and [two]  THREE  and  one-half  points  additional
   15  credit  in  an examination for promotion or, if such member was disabled
   16  in the actual performance of duty in any war and his or  her  disability
   17  is  certified  by the United States department of veterans affairs to be
   18  in existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion, he
   19  or she shall be entitled to receive  [ten]  THIRTEEN  points  additional
   20  credit  in a competitive examination for original appointment and [five]
   21  SIX points additional credit in an examination for promotion. Such addi-
   22  tional credit shall be added to the final earned rating of  such  member
   23  after  he  or  she  has qualified in an examination and shall be granted
   24  only at the time of establishment of an eligible list.  No  such  member
   25  shall  receive the additional credit granted by this section after he or
   26  she has received one appointment, either original entrance or promotion,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  from an eligible list on which he or  she  was  allowed  the  additional
    2  credit granted by this section.
    3    S  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    4  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    5  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    6  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    7  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
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