Bill Text: NY S00161 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to veterans' preferences with respect to civil service promotions; removes requirement of service during a time of war for additional points on civil service examinations for veterans.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-24 - referred to governmental employees [S00161 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00161-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           161

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
          relation to civil service appointments and promotions; veterans' pref-
          erences and credits

     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of arti-
     2  cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 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
    17  by the United States department of veterans affairs to be  in  existence
    18  at the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall
    19  be  entitled  to  receive  ten points additional credit in a competitive
    20  examination for original appointment and five points  additional  credit
    21  in  an  examination for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added
    22  to the final earned rating of such member after he or she has  qualified
    23  in an examination and shall be granted only at the time of establishment
    24  of  an eligible list. No such member shall receive the additional credit
    25  granted by this section after he or she has  received  one  appointment,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  either original entrance or promotion, from an eligible list on which he
     2  or she was allowed the additional credit granted by this section, except
     3  where  a  member has been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on
     4  which  he  or she was allowed additional credit for military service and
     5  subsequent to such appointment he or she is disabled as provided in this
     6  section, such member shall be entitled to ten points  additional  credit
     7  less  the  number  of  points of additional credit allowed for the prior
     8  appointment.
     9    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
    10  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    11  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    12  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    13  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.