Bill Text: NY A06855 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires civil service examination announcements to be issued to the local board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), high schools, colleges, universities, local social services districts, and job training programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-30 - substituted by s5486 [A06855 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06855-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6855

                               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  requirements  for
          issuing civil service examination announcements

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 50 of the civil  service  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  401  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Announcement of examination. (a) The state civil service department
     5  and municipal commissions shall issue an announcement  of  each  compet-
     6  itive  examination,  setting  forth the minimum qualifications required,
     7  the subjects of the examination, and such other information as they  may
     8  deem necessary, and shall advertise and promote such examination in such
     9  manner  as  the nature of the examination may require. Such announcement
    10  and advertisement  shall  each  inform  prospective  applicants  of  the
    11  options  for  religious observance provided in subdivision eight of this
    12  section.
    13    (b) In addition to any announcement required by paragraph (a) of  this
    14  subdivision,  the department and municipal commissions shall issue every
    15  announcement of each competitive examination to the  following  entities
    16  if  the entity is located within the same geographic area as the depart-
    17  ment or commission: board of cooperative educational  services  (BOCES),
    18  high  schools,  colleges, universities, local social services districts,
    19  and job training programs. In addition, the department and each  munici-
    20  pal  commission  shall  allow any entity to sign up to be notified elec-
    21  tronically when an announcement is issued.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07620-01-3