Bill Text: NY A09133 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service; requires that a promotion be based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive examination, due weight being given to seniority.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2022-12-16 - tabled [A09133 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09133-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9133

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2022
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Employees

        AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to the appointment
          and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service

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

     1    Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  59-d to read as follows:
     3    §  59-d.  Promotions  of  supervisory  personnel  of  the  fire  alarm
     4  dispatcher  service.  1.  The legislature hereby finds and declares that
     5  the continued, uninterrupted, adequate and efficient operation  of  fire
     6  and  emergency  medical services is necessary for the general welfare of
     7  the people and  that  such  adequate  operation  involves  and  requires
     8  personnel  with  highly  specialized  ability, skill, training and know-
     9  ledge, which necessitates that vacancies in the  fire  alarm  dispatcher
    10  service  in  the  position of supervising fire alarm dispatcher level II
    11  shall be filled as far as practicable by promotion  from  among  persons
    12  holding  competitive  class positions in a lower grade in the department
    13  in which the vacancy exists, provided that such  lower  grade  positions
    14  are  in  direct  line  of  promotion, as determined by the department or
    15  municipal commission.
    16    2. Promotion shall be based on merit  and  fitness  as  determined  by
    17  competitive examination, due weight being given to seniority. The previ-
    18  ous  training  and experience of the candidates, and performance ratings
    19  where available, may be considered and given due weight  as  factors  in
    20  determining the relative merit and fitness of candidates for promotion.
    21    3. Any permanent competitive employee holding a provisional or discre-
    22  tionary  appointment in the affected supervisory title of the fire alarm
    23  dispatcher service described in subdivision one of this section shall be
    24  given the opportunity to participate in a competitive promotional  exam-
    25  ination for the next higher level title.
    26    4.  Except  as  provided  above,  the provisions of this chapter shall
    27  apply to employees covered by this section.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10657-02-2