Bill Text: NY A07700 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of the appropriate eligible list.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-16 - opinion referred to judiciary [A07700 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07700-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7700
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 16, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- 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  the  application  of  veterans' credits to civil service
         examinations
    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 points additional credit in a competitive examination for  original
   14  appointment and two and one-half points additional credit in an examina-
   15  tion  for  promotion  or,  if  such  member  was  disabled in the actual
   16  performance of duty in any war and his or her disability is certified by
   17  the United States department of veterans affairs to be in  existence  at
   18  the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall be
   19  entitled  to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive exam-
   20  ination for original appointment and five points additional credit in an
   21  examination for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to  the
   22  final  earned  rating of such member after he or she has qualified in an
   23  examination and [shall] MAY be granted [only at]  AFTER  the  [time  of]
   24  establishment  of  an  eligible list, IF AN APPLICANT WAS PLACED ON SUCH
   25  LIST WITHOUT SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AND SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH PLACEMENT  HE
   26  OR  SHE  WAS  ORDERED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, OTHER THAN TRAINING, TO A
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD89104-01-1
       A. 7700                             2
    1  COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS THAT QUALIFIES THE APPLICANT
    2  FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT AS A VETERAN OR  DISABLED  VETERAN,  PROVIDED  THE
    3  ELIGIBLE  LIST  HAS  NOT EXPIRED AND THE APPLICANT MAKES APPLICATION FOR
    4  THE  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  WITHIN  TWO MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING AN HONORABLE
    5  DISCHARGE OR BEING RELEASED UNDER  HONORABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES.    No  such
    6  member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after
    7  he  or  she  has  received  one appointment, either original entrance or
    8  promotion, from an eligible list on which he  or  she  was  allowed  the
    9  additional credit granted by this section.
   10    S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the forgoing be referred to
   11  the  first regular legislative session convening after the next succeed-
   12  ing general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with
   13  section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for  3  months
   14  previous to the time of such election.
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