Bill Text: NY A05525 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5525 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to veterans' affairs [A05525 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05525-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5525
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 10, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRABENEC, BUTLER, CURRAN, FINCH, GIGLIO, GRAF,
          RA, RAIA, SIMANOWITZ, M. G. MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
          CROUCH,  HAWLEY,  McKEVITT,  McLAUGHLIN, MURRAY, OAKS -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  increasing  civil
          service credits given to veterans currently returning from service
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of  the  civil
     2  service  law  is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 3 and 4 to read
     3  as follows:
     4    (3) Veterans honorably discharged on or after January first, two thou-
     5  sand seventeen, shall be entitled to receive ten points additional cred-
     6  it in a competitive examination for original appointment and five points
     7  additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion.
     8    (4) Disabled veterans honorably discharged on or after January  first,
     9  two  thousand  seventeen,  shall  be  entitled to receive fifteen points
    10  additional credit in a competitive examination for original  appointment
    11  and  ten  points  additional  credit  in  a  competitive examination for
    12  promotion.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08915-01-7