Bill Text: NY A06630 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-13)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-30 - opinion referred to judiciary [A06630 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06630-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6630--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS, PHEFFER, ROBINSON, ERRIGO, STIRPE, CASTRO,
         HOOPER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BARRON, BURLING,
         CAHILL, CALHOUN, CHRISTENSEN, COLTON, CONTE,  COOK,  FIELDS,  GUNTHER,
         HYER-SPENCER,  JAFFEE,  KOLB, KOON, MAGEE, MAGNARELLI, McENENY, McKEV-
         ITT, MOLINARO, O'MARA, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, REILLY,  SAYWARD,
         SCHROEDER,  SPANO,  TITONE, TOWNSEND, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental  Employees  --
         recommitted  to  the Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance
         with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
                   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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6630--A                          2
    1  or  she  shall  be  entitled to receive [ten] THIRTEEN points additional
    2  credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and  [five]
    3  SIX points additional credit in an examination for promotion. Such addi-
    4  tional  credit  shall be added to the final earned rating of such member
    5  after he or she has qualified in an examination  and  shall  be  granted
    6  only  at  the  time of establishment of an eligible list. No such member
    7  shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after he  or
    8  she has received one appointment, either original entrance or promotion,
    9  from  an  eligible  list  on  which he or she was allowed the additional
   10  credit granted by this section.
   11    S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
   12  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
   13  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
   14  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
   15  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.