Bill Text: NY A06771 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil service examination fee; requires an annual report on the results of such program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental employees [A06771 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06771-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6771

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 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 creating  a  pilot
          program  to  examine  the  effects  of waiving the state civil service
          examination fee; and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon
          the expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of  the  civil
     2  service  law,  as  amended by section 35 of part PP of chapter 56 of the
     3  laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
     5  sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
     6  director  of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
     7  of the governing board or body of the city or county, as  the  case  may
     8  be,  or  a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
     9  mental agreement, may elect to waive application  fees,  or  to  abolish
    10  fees  for  specific  classes  of  positions  or types of examinations or
    11  candidates, or to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of  reasonable  fees
    12  different  from  those  prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
    13  specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types  of  exam-
    14  inations  or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
    15  er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify  to  the  state
    16  civil  service  department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
    17  sion that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support
    18  of  a  household,  or are receiving public assistance. Provided further,
    19  the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
    20  for examinations for original appointment  for  all  veterans.  Provided
    21  further,  the  state  civil  service  department  shall, and a municipal
    22  commission may, subject to the approval of the governing board  or  body
    23  of  the  city or county, as the case may be, or a regional commission or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07722-01-3
        A. 6771                             2

     1  personnel officer, pursuant to governmental agreement, waive the  appli-
     2  cation  fee  for  all examinations held between July first, two thousand
     3  twenty-three  and  December  thirty-first,  two   thousand   twenty-six.
     4  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  for  purposes  of this
     5  section, the term "veteran" shall mean a person who has  served  in  the
     6  armed  forces  of  the  United States or the reserves thereof, or in the
     7  army national guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York
     8  naval militia, and who (1) has been  honorably  discharged  or  released
     9  from  such  service  under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying
    10  condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law,  and
    11  has  received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
    12  such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section
    13  one of the veterans' services law, and has received  a  discharge  other
    14  than  bad  conduct  or  dishonorable  from such service. The term "armed
    15  forces" shall mean the army, navy, air force, marine  corps,  and  coast
    16  guard.
    17    § 2. The department of civil service shall study and produce an annual
    18  report  by  July  1,  2024  and annually thereafter, until July 1, 2028,
    19  covering the previous  year,  regarding  the  impact  of  waiving  civil
    20  service  application fees and shall deliver a copy of such report to the
    21  governor, the temporary president of the  senate,  and  speaker  of  the
    22  assembly.  Such report shall contain information comparing the reporting
    23  year to previous years regarding:
    24    1. The number of applications for civil  service  examinations  broken
    25  down by employer, job title, and examination type;
    26    2.  The  number of new hires in all state agencies and municipalities;
    27  and
    28    3. Demographic information on applicants, including  sex,  race,  age,
    29  geography, and educational attainment.
    30    §  3. This act shall take effect on April 1, 2023 and shall expire and
    31  be deemed repealed July 1, 2028; provided, however,  if  section  35  of
    32  part  PP  of  chapter  56 of the laws of 2022 has not taken effect on or
    33  before such date, then this act shall take effect on the same  date  and
    34  in  the  same manner as such section of such part of such chapter of the
    35  laws of 2022, takes effect.