Bill Text: NY A08369 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows cities with a population of one million or more to amend point credits on the open competitive firefighter examination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A08369 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A08369-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8369 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 15, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing cities with a population of one million or more to amend point credits on the open competitive fire fighter examination THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 58-a of the civil service law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS LAW OR ANY GENERAL, 4 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE 5 MILLION OR MORE MAY BY LOCAL LAW ESTABLISH A POINT CREDIT ON THE OPEN 6 COMPETITIVE FIRE FIGHTER EXAMINATION BASED ON APPLICANTS' RESIDENCY IN 7 SUCH CITY AND TO DETERMINE THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH POINT 8 CREDIT. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13063-01-1